Beyond suppression [[electronic resource] ] : global perspectives on youth violence / / Joan Serra Hoffman, Lyndee Knox, and Robert Cohen, editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910459480903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Santa Barbara, Calif., : Praeger, 2010
• ISBN: 1-282-93353-1; 9786612933530; 0-313-38346-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (268 p.)
• Collana: Global crime and justice
• Altri autori (Persone): CohenRobert <1941->; HoffmanJoan Serra <1960->; KnoxLyndee M
• Disciplina: 303.60835
• Soggetti: Youth and violence; Violence in adolescence; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Series Foreword by Graeme R. Newman; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: Background; Chapter 1. An Introduction to Youth Violence; Chapter 2. What We Know about the Nature and Causes of Youth Violence; Chapter 3. What We Know about Preventing Violence What We Know about Preventing Violence What We Know about Preventing Violence; Chapter 4. Public Policy Approaches to Youth Violence Prevention; Part II: Single-Sector Interventions; Chapter 5. Addressing Aggression in Singapore Youths: An Evidence-Based Case Example; Chapter 6. The CeaseFire Method Applied to Iraq: Changing Thinking and Reducing ViolenceChapter 7. The Kingston YTM Youth Development Program: An Effective Antiviolence Intervention for Inner-City Youth in Jamaica; Chapter 8. No School Left Behind: Merging Israel's National Academic and School Safety Monitoring System and Matching Data-Driven Interventions for Each School; Chapter 9. Community-Based Restorative Justice in Northern Ireland; Chapter 10. ; The Groblershoop Youth Resilience to Violence Project; Part III: Multisector Interventions; Chapter 11. Nothing Stops a Bullet Like a Job: Homeboy Industries Gang Prevention and Intervention in Los AngelesChapter 12. Youth Violence Prevention around the World: The YouthBuild Case Study; Chapter 13. Reducing Alcohol-Related Youth Violence in Australia through Community Action and Multisectoral Collaboration: The Safety Action Project; Chapter 14. Youth Violence Prevention in Canada: Exemplary, Collaborative, and Evidence-Based Efforts; Chapter 15. Tambou Lapè (Drums for Peace): A Positive Experience for Young People Previously Involved in Armed Violenc; Chapter 16. Latin America and Caribbean Experience in Urban Youth Violence Prevention: Citizen Security and Regional ResponsesChapter 17. Preventing Youth Violence in a Community Mental Health Clinic Working with Child Welfare; Chapter 18. Reducing Youth Violence: Central American Coalition for the Prevention of Youth Violence; Part IV: Conclusion; Chapter 19. Putting Violence Prevention Efforts in Perspective; Index; About the Editors and Contributors
• Sommario/riassunto: From Colombia to Northern Ireland, from South Africa to the United States. All around the world, youth violenceÑdefined as violence committed by or against individuals ages 10Đ29Ñis occurring with alarming frequency; 565 young people die every day as a result of interpersonal assaults. What can be done to end this needless violence?|