Beyond Suppression - Global Perspectives on Youth Violence (Hardcover)

This examination of youth violence provides readers with insights from international experts and real-life examples of how nations and communities around the world have successfully dealt with the issue. The magnitude of the problem of youth violence in nations throughout the world is shocking. What is encouraging is that strategies to combat this issue do appear to work. For example, community-based restorative justice programs in Northern Ireland reduced retaliatory strikes by paramilitary youth groups by 75 percent, and research trials of policy and intervention strategies, such as parent training and early childhood education, have been shown to significantly reduce youth violence. This text offers a comprehensive overview of youth violence, including background information that defines the problem internationally, a conceptual framework for understanding approaches to youth violence, examinations of multiple case studies, and examples of prevention programs. The final section presents conclusions and suggested strategies for dealing with interpersonal violence and recommendations for future policy. Contains contributions from over 20 international experts describing measures to address youth violence within the political, social, cultural, and economic contexts of their environments 12 case studies illustrate the various conceptual and programmatic approaches for understanding, preventing, and reducing youth violence in various countries Over 50 citations of seminal research and programmatic works in the areas of public health, restorative justice, and resilience-based approaches to youth violence

General

Imprint:	Praeger Publishers Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2010
First published:	November 2010
Editors:	Joan Serra Hoffman • Lyndee Knox • Robert Cohen
Dimensions:	245 x 167 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
Pages:	251
ISBN-13:	978-0-313-38345-8
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Encyclopaedias & reference works > Reference works > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Violence in society > General
LSN:	0-313-38345-6
Barcode:	9780313383458

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