Everybody else does it

The Danish Crime Prevention Council has prepared a theme manual based on the results of the Ringsted Project, a study of young people’s lifestyles and smoking, drinking and drug habits. The study includes a preventive pilot project conducted on several 5th and 6th grade classes and two 7th grade classes. The pilot project documents that it is possible to reduce the risk behaviour of young people by confronting their social exaggerations and the misperceptions most of them have by holding a Theme Day.