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1 .This is Scientific American 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. Got a minute?
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2 .Violence is more than a criminal problem.
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3 .It's also a public health issue.
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4 .More than 6,000 people are injured annually due to violence, mostly young people in low-income neighborhoods.
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5 .Jobs programs for youth done with school have proven costly and seem to do little to reduce violence.
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6 .But summer employment for kids still in school may be effective, according to a study by criminologist Sara Heller at the University of Pennsylvania.
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7 .She followed more than 1,600 young people, many of whom took part in a Chicago program called One Summer Plus.
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8 .It offers 8-week stints at jobs such as camp counselors, community gardeners, or government office workers at minimum wage.
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9 .One group of kids worked 25 hours a week, with an adult mentor.
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10 .Another group worked 15 hours and got 10 hours of social-emotional education.
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11 .A control group got nothing.
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12 .Based on school and police records, Heller found a 43 percent decrease in violent crime in the two groups that had jobs.
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13 .This lasted long after the program ended.
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14 .Heller suggests that work helps students learn to manage conflict, reduce frustration and improve self control.
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15 .She concludes that intervention programs can be low-cost and effective, "even for a problem as destructive and complex as youth violence."
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16 .Thanks for the minute, for Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber.
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