"This book addresses, in a comprehensive and practical manner, the
increasingly important topic of preventing youth violence. The
scope of the book is broad, incorporating psychological, social,
and cultural factors. The emphasis on a gender analysis in
understanding violent behavior by male youth in relationships with
young women is apt and timely. Used together with the treatment
manual, The Youth Relationships Manual, this book provides a sound
basis for a prevention program." --Mary Nomme Russell, School of
Social Work, University of British Columbia "Alternatives to
Violence challenges each of us to reexamine our assumptions about
youth violence and society's efforts to reduce it. David A. Wolfe
and his colleagues make a convincing argument for a preventive and
health--promoting response that empowers youth to make changes in
their daily world. The contents of this book obliges those of us
who work with youth to also make changes in the way we practice in
the field. This book provides the most in-depth and up-to-date view
of the problem of youth violence in North America and what it will
take to reduce it. As one who works on the issue of children and
violence, I found this book both powerful in its analysis and
hopeful in the solutions it offers." --Jeffrey L. Edleson,
Professor, School of Social Work and Director, Higher Education
Center Against Violence & Abuse, University of Minnesota
"Alternatives to Violence . . . is well, clearly, and interestingly
written. The concepts are solid and laid out systematically. The
authors present a strong foundation and empirically support their
premises. The book meets my need academically and holds my interest
as a reader. I agree so strongly with their hypotheses and ideas
that I found myself thinking ''Great,'' ''Well thought out,''
''Nicely written,'' and so on as I read. I whole-heartedly endorse
this book." --Alyce LaViolette, Alternatives to Counseling
Associates, Long Beach, California Instead of looking for ways to
contain, deter, or punish violence, Alternatives to Violence
explores how to develop practical means of promoting healthy,
nonviolent relationships. Drawing from recent studies concerned
with the formation of healthy relationships, this book examines how
youths can form connections that will reduce not only the risk of
violence against women and children but also the potential of men
to become abusive. This clearly articulated model suggests that
adolescents, who are beginning to build intimate relationships
outside of the family, can learn to break patterns of male
entitlement, dominance and aggression, and female passivity and
deference with the help of preventive programs. The Youth
Relationships Project is a program that grew out of the model
created in this book and is detailed with instructions for
application in a companion volume, The Youth Relationships Manual.
The project helps youths build relationship skills and learn how to
act socially within the community. The authors actively support a
health promotion paradigm as the foundation for issues and
solutions raised in these books and look toward future changes in
policy and programs that embrace this new prevention model. Bold
and timely, Alternatives to Violence and its companion volume, The
Youth Relationships Manual, offer a new approach to preventing
violence that will appeal to a wide audience of practitioners,
community agency workers, administrators, policymakers, and
interns. In addition, students preparing to work in the fields of
mental health, education, social work, sociology, and public
health, as well as professionals in these areas, will find the book
innovative and informative.
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