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Beyond suppression : global perspectives on youth violence /
This examination of youth violence provides insights from international experts and real life examples of how nations and communities around the world have successfully dealt with the issue. From Colombia to Northern Ireland, from South Africa to the United States. All around the world, youth violen...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Santa Barbara, Calif. :
Praeger,
©2011.
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| Colección: | Global crime and justice (Westport, Conn.)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Background. An introduction to youth violence ; What we know about the nature and causes of youth violence ; What we know about preventing violence ; Public policy approaches to youth violence prevention
- Single-sector interventions. Addressing aggression in Singapore youths: an evidence-based case example / Daniel Shuen-Sheng Fung, Yoon Phaik Ooi, and Rebecca P. Ang ; The CeaseFire method applied to Iraq : changing thinking and reducing violence / Gary Slutkin [and others] ; The Kingston Y [superscript] TM Youth Development Program: an effective antiviolence intervention for inner-city youth in Jamaica / Nancy G. Guerra [and others] ; No school left behind: merging Israel's national academic and school safety monitoring system and matching data-driven interventions for each school / Ron Avi Astor [and others] ; Community-based restorative justice in northern Ireland / Neil Jarman
- The Groblershoop youth resilience to violence project / Patrick Burton
- Multisector interventions. Nothing stops a bullet like a job: homeboy industries gang prevention and intervention in Los Angeles / Jorja Leap [and others] ; Youth violence prevention around the world: the YouthBuild case study / Tim Cross ; Reducing alcohol-related youth violence in Australia through community action and multisectoral collaboration : the safety action project / Ross Homel ; Youth violence prevention in Canada: exemplary, collaborative, and evidence-based efforts / Laura Dunbar, Irvin Waller, and Kate Gunn ; Tambou Lape (Drums for Peace): a positive experience for young people previously involved in armed violence / Daniela Bercovitch ; Latin American and Caribbean experience in urban youth violence prevention : citizen security and regional responses / Jorge C. Lamas and Joan Serra Hoffman ; Preventing youth violence in a community mental health clinic working with child welfare / Yoshiro Ono ; Reducing youth violence : Central American coalition for the prevention of youth violence / Lainie Reisman
- Conclusion. Putting violence prevention efforts in perspective.