John David Hawkins (born September 16, 1945) is an American academic in the field of
social work
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. He is Endowed Professor in Prevention Emeritus and founding director of the
Social Development Research Group in the
School of Social Work
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at the
University of Washington
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. His research focuses on the prevention of
behavior problems in children and adolescents, and he helped to develop the
Communities That Care program with Richard F. Catalano.
References
External links
Faculty page*
1945 births
Living people
American social workers
Social work scholars
University of Washington faculty
Stanford University alumni
Northwestern University alumni
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