Youth violence : prevention, intervention, and social policy
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Abstract
Part I: Etiology and Prevention. Youth violence prevention, intervention, and social policy: an overview. Two sides of the coin: multi-level prevention and intervention to reduce youth violent behavior. Stability and continuity of aggression from early childhood to young adulthood. Part II: Exposure. Principles of military combat stress treatment related to children in high-risk environments. Organization of exposure to violence among urban adolescents: clinical, prevention and research implications. Part III: Gender, Gangs, and Guns. Youth gangs, drugs, and socioeconomic isolation. Girls and violence: an overview. Role of firearms in youth violence. Part IV: Interventions. Family factors and youth violence. Teaching prosocial behavior to antisocial youth. Psychopharmacological and neurobiological issues in the treatment of violent youth. Part V: Conclusions. Implications for prevention, intervention, and social policy with violent youth. Index.