Sport can be a powerful tool to engage communities and prevent crime, violence and drug use among youth. As part of the Doha Declaration Global Programme, UNODC’s Youth Crime Prevention through Sport initiative has developed “Line Up Live Up”, an evidence-informed, sport-based life skills training for youth that aims to increase resilience to crime, violence and drug use among young people.

Providing key elements from this approach, a new publication – Youth Crime prevention through Sport: Insights from the UNODC “Line Up Live Up” Pilot Programme – has been developed, offering an analysis of...

Join us for this free virtual summit featuring Ms. Giovanna Campello, Chief, UNODC Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section, and Dr. Robert DuPont, President, Institute for Behavior and Health, Inc. and First Director, U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse, as the Keynotes and hear from many global leaders in prevention, including Joanna Travis-Roberts, Chief Executive, ISSUP Coordinating Office; Anna Nabulya, Deputy Director, Uganda Youth Development Link; Antonio Jesús Molina Fernández, Assistant Professor, Department of Social, Work and Differential Psychology at Universidad...

The Pompidou Group calls for youth projects to submit applications for the 2021 edition of the European Drug Prevention Prize.

The Prevention Prize is awarded to highlight outstanding drug prevention projects that have proved successful in involving young people in their design, implementation and evaluation.

Up to three projects will be awarded a Prize. During the Award Ceremony, each will receive the Prize Trophy, the Prize Diploma and €5.000 to support implementation. Prize-winners tell us that winning the Prize has helped them gain greater recognition for their work.

The deadline for...

Listen First is a UNODC initiative to support happy, healthy and happy family relationships.

This video demonstrates how patience makes children feel cared for and loved and is key in creating meaningful relationships and good communication.

Key messages:

• Science proves that the less punishing the parental style, the better for the child.

• When parents lose their patience, they remove a child’s attention from the lesson at hand and create stress and frustration for their children.

• Neuroscience shows that the brain of a child is not mature enough to calmly handle frustration. It...

Kemajuan signifikan dalam ilmu pencegahan sering disebabkan oleh tim individu yang bekerja sama selama bertahun-tahun. Sebagai pengakuan atas pentingnya proses kolaboratif di lapangan, Society for Prevention Research (SPR) akan mensponsori kompetisi persahabatan di antara tim peneliti karir awal untuk kehormatan membawa pulang Piala SPR Sloboda dan Bukoski untuk tahun akademik 2016-2017 .

Piala ini dinamai untuk dua pendiri dan anggota lama SPR, Dr. Zili Sloboda dan Dr. William Bukoski.

Kompetisi ini merupakan kesempatan untuk pengalaman unik: beberapa tim ilmuwan independen, masing-masing...