Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice: Causes, Intervention and Treatment Programs

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Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2011-03-30
Publisher(s): Nova Science Pub Inc
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Summary

There are multiple reasons to prevent juveniles from becoming delinquent or continuing to engage in delinquent behaviour. The most obvious reason is that delinquency puts youth at risk for substance abuse and delinquency, school drop-out, gang involvement, criminality, and mental health challenges. Youth engaging in delinquent behaviours are also vulnerable to physical injury, early pregnancy, domestic violence and sexual assault. To address issues of juvenile delinquency, this book describes various youth and family risk and protective factors associated with delinquency and provides a description of various family-oriented treatment options for preventing and treating youth violence and aggression. The authors also examine how sociometric status influences childhood bullying, aggressive behaviour and victimisation. Special attention is given to the affect of sociometric neglect and rejection on child development. In addition, this book summarises the transformation of youth gangs and violence associated with them, the basis of interventions to reduce youth gang affiliation and aggression in these different eras. To conclude, implications for the prevention and treatment of juvenile crime are presented, as well as recommendations for extinguishing violent and aggressive beliefs and behaviours in children.

Table of Contents

Preface
Entre Dos Mundos/Between Two Worlds: An Evidence-Based Bicultural Skills Training Program for Acculturating Latino Families
Evidence-Base Practices for Juvenile Delinquency: Risk & Protective Factors in Treatment Implementation
Risk & Protective Factors in Youth Violence & Aggression: Promising Family-Based Prevention Models
Sport as a Cure for Adolescent Aggressive, Antisocial, & Delinquent Behaviours
Sociometric Status & Bullying: Peer Relationships, Aggressive Behavior, & Victimization
Violent & Delinquent Youths: Relationships with Institutional Authorities & Compliance with Social Norms
Violence Prevention & Treatment Programmes for Young Offenders
Bullying & Victimization Experiences at School, the Parent-Child Relationship & Child School Performance: A Longitudinal Investigation
Personal & Interpersonal Mediators Linking Acculturation Stress to Aggressive Behavior in Latino Adolescents
Child-Rearing Practices & Delinquency in Children & Adolescents
Sharks & Jets vs. Bloods & Crips: Socio-Economics, Prevention, & Intervention in Different Eras of Gang Violence
The Motivational Influence of Attitude, Subjective Norm, Perceived Behavioral Control & Anticipated Affective Self-Reactions, on Behavioral Decision Making of Re-Offending
Exploring Issues about Youth Gangs in Canada
Risk & Resiliency among Juveniles & Young Adults
The Influence of Normative Beliefs about Aggression on Behavior in Children
Public Perceptions of Registry Laws for Juvenile Sex Offenders
Index
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