Violence in American schools : a new perspective / edited by Delbert S. Elliott, Beatrix A. Hamburg, Kirk R. Williams.
In this volume, experts from a range of disciplines use a variety of perspectives, notably those of public health, criminology, ecology, and developmental psychology, to review research on the causes of youth violence in the nation's schools and communities and on school-based interventions tha...
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| Summary: | In this volume, experts from a range of disciplines use a variety of perspectives, notably those of public health, criminology, ecology, and developmental psychology, to review research on the causes of youth violence in the nation's schools and communities and on school-based interventions that have prevented or reduced it. They describe and evaluate strategies for the prevention and treatment of violence that go beyond punishment and incarceration. The volume offers a strategy for the problem of youth violence, arguing that the most effective interventions use a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary approach and take into account differences in stages of individual development and involvement in overlapping social contexts, families, peer groups, schools and neighborhoods. This book can be used profitably by school teachers and administrators, scholars, policy makers, and those who work with young people at risk, as well as by the general reader who is concerned with current social problems. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 408 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780511840913 0511840918 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/9780511840913 |
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