The news of teenagers and even younger children committing ever
more serious and violent crimes continues to shock and baffle. The
escalating psychological and social toll of youth crime is being
paid by all from victims to offenders to parents and siblings to
teachers and to the community as a whole. "Adolescent Reputations
and Risk" looks beyond traditional theories to examine, from a
solid empirical basis, the motivation and values that make some
young people choose antisocial over positive behavior, resulting in
potent new insights and possible solutions to this ongoing
problem.
Synthesizing 15 years of research with delinquent youth, this
volume describes the volatile dynamic of child and adolescent
social worlds, emphasizing reputation enhancement and goal-setting
as bases underlying deviant behavior. In innovative and accessible
terms, "Adolescent Reputations and Risk" addresses delinquency
throughout the course of childhood and adolescence, offers the
first detailed explanation of delinquency by integrating
goal-setting and reputation enhancement theories, provides evidence
analyzing deviant trends in goal-setting and reputation enhancement
terms among primary and high school students, answers key questions
on topics such as impulsivity, drug and inhalant use,
early-childhood psychopathy, links between ADHD and aggression, and
the psychology of loners and includes current data on interventions
for at-risk youth, including family and school methods,
cognitive-behavioral therapy, wilderness and boot camp programs,
and interactive multimedia strategies.
This volume is an essential resource for clinical child, school,
and counseling psychologists; social workers; and allied education
and community mental health professionals and practitioners."
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