This project will implement and evaluate a community-based intervention to improve individual outcomes in violence-related injuries and homicide. Young African American men participating in a focused deterrence program (the Birmingham Violence Reduction Initiative, BVRI) will be randomized to receive an additional individual intervention based on the cognitive-behavioral Reasoning and Rehabilitation program.

Inclusion Criteria:

• African American male identified as at high risk for violence by the Birmingham Violence Reduction Initiative

Exclusion Criteria:

• Mental retardation, serious mental illness (eg, psychosis)