Good Kids from Bad Neighborhoods - Successful Development in Social Context (Paperback)

This is a study of successful youth development in poor, disadvantaged neighborhoods in Denver and Chicago - a study of how children living in the worst neighborhoods develop or fail to develop the values, competencies and commitments that lead to a productive, healthy responsible adult life. While there is a strong focus on neighborhood effects, the study employs a multicontextual model examining both the direct effects of the neighborhood ecology, social organization and contexts embedded in the neighborhood. The unique and combined influence of the neighborhood, family, school, peer group and individual attributes on developmental success is estimated. The view that growing up in a poor, disadvantaged neighborhood condemns one to a life of repeated failure and personal pathology is revealed as a myth, as most youth in these neighborhoods are completing the developmental tasks of adolescence successfully.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2006
First published:	2006
Authors:	Delbert S. Elliott • Scott Menard • Bruce Rankin • Amanda Elliott • William Julius Wilson • David Huizinga
Dimensions:	229 x 230 x 152mm (L x W x H)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	416
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-68221-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Child & developmental psychology
LSN:	0-521-68221-5
Barcode:	9780521682213

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