> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Fri, 21 Oct 1994 17:56:10 -0400 (EDT)
> SENDER: William Browning 
> Subject: D.A.R.E Report
> 
> An electronic version of the report "Past and Future Directions of the
> D.A.R.E. Program: An Evaluation Review" is now available through the
> National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) anonymous FTP site.
> 
>          To access this document:
> 
>                 o       ftp to ncjrs.aspensys.com or 198.77.70.104
>                 o       Login as: "anonymous"
>                 o       Please use your Internet id as your password.
>                 o       type: "cd pub"
>                 o       type "cd ncjrs"
>                 o       type "get darerep.zip"
>                        
>         For further assistance contact:
>         William Browning
>         (301) 251-5507
>         wbrownin@ncjrs.aspensys.com                                     
> 
> 
> D.A.R.E.'s popularity, as demonstrated by the extraordinary growth in its
> rate of dissemination and by abundant anecdotal reports of its success, is
> self-evident.  In part because of its preeminent position, policymakers,
> researchers, educators, and parents are  asking a number of fundamental
> questions about the program:
> 
>          o  How effective is D.A.R.E. in preventing drug use?
> 
>          o  What are D.A.R.E.'s effects compared with those
>             of other school-based drug prevention programs?
> 
>          o  What are some of the basic features common to
>             most D.A.R.E. programs?
> 
>          o  Who usually manages the D.A.R.E. program?
> 
>          o  How extensively is D.A.R.E. implemented nationwide?
> 
>          o  How do other alcohol and drug prevention programs
>              compare with D.A.R.E. and D.A.R.E. with them?
> 
> To address these and other questions, the National Institute of Justice
> (NIJ) awarded the research team of the Research Triangle Institute (RTI)
> and the University of Kentucky's Center for Prevention Research (CPR) a
> grant to conduct an extensive review of the D.A.R.E. program and to
> assess its place within the context of the broad spectrum of school-based
> drug prevention efforts.  
> 
> 
> This report is supported under Award # 91-DD-CX-K053 from the
> National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, U.S.
> Department of Justice.  Points of view in this document are those of
> the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of
> the U.S. Department of Justice.