This is a collection of original research reports on the status of street gangs and problematic youth groups in Europe, as well as a set of reports on the current status of American street gang research and its implications for the European gang situation. Seven American papers are joined with reports from England, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Russia, Holland, Belgium, France, and Slovenia. Summary chapters by the American and European editors provide overviews of the street gang picture: the associated issues and problems of definition, community context, comparative research procedures, and implications for prevention and intervention. Professionals and students will find these papers easy to comprehend yet fully informative on comparative street gang studies.

Background In July of 1992, approximately sixty scholars and researchers met for a week at the "Fritz Erler Akademie" in Freudenstadt, Germany, to participate in a workshop entitled "Cross-National Lon gitudinal Research on Human Development and Criminal Behavior." The participants represented 15 nations and 45 universities and research centers. Although longitudinal research in criminology has a long history, this workshop represented the first one in the field of criminology in which it was attempted to get together the main scholars in this field from around the world. The largest group of the workshop represented American scholars (19), a reflection of the fact that longitudi nal research in criminology is predominantly conducted in North America. This volume is the result of the workshop process and in particular of the invitations to participants to prepare pre or conference papers. The chapters in this volume were selected from a larger set of pre- or conference papers. As workshop conveners and volume editors, it falls to us to set some of the context for this enter prise. Longitudinal research in criminology became a major approach after the publication of the land mark study by Wolfgang, Figlio, and Sellin "Delinquency in a Birth Cohort" in 1972. Around the same time, when Wolfgang, Figlio, and Sellin started their Philadelphia cohort study, were longi tudinal studies, although different in scope and aim, launched by Shannon in the USA, West in England, Janson in Sweden, and Goppinger in Germany."

This book brings together a selection of papers originally presented and discussed at the fourth international restorative justice conference, held at the University of TA1/4bingen. The contributors include many of the leading authorities in the burgeoning field of restorative justice, and they provide a comprehensive review of developing international practice and directions, and the context in which restorative justice practices are developing. Restorative Justice in Context moves beyond a focus on restorative justice for juveniles to a broader concern with the application of restorative justice in such areas as corporate crime, family violence and the application of restorative justice in cases of extreme violent crimes. The contexts examined are drawn from Europe, North America, Australasia and Japan. leading world authorities analyse international case studies reflecting the growth of restorative justice worldwiderapidly expanding area of interest

This book brings together a selection of papers originally presented and discussed at the fourth international restorative justice conference, held at the University of TA1/4bingen. The contributors include many of the leading authorities in the field of restorative justice, and they provide a comprehensive review of the theoretical foundations underlying this rapidly expanding movement. Restorative Justice: Theoretical foundations addresses a wide range of fundamental questions about restorative justice,considering amongst other things ways in which conceptual pitfalls can be avoided, and how traditional models of peacemaking and healing developed in traditional societies can be integrated into the justice systems of late modern societies. Overall it provides an authoritative overview of contemporary thinking about restorative justice and will be essential reading for anybody concerned with the future direction of criminal justice and criminal justice systems. leading world authorities address the theoretical foundations of restorative justicea rapidly expanding area within criminal justiceincludes chapters on restorative justice as applied to corporate crime, family violence and cases of extreme violence

This book brings together a selection of papers originally presented and discussed at the fourth international restorative justice conference, held at the University of T bingen. The contributors include many of the leading authorities in the field of restorative justice, and they provide a comprehensive review of the theoretical foundations underlying this rapidly expanding movement. Restorative Justice: Theoretical foundations addresses a wide range of fundamental questions about restorative justice, considering amongst other things ways in which conceptual pitfalls can be avoided, and how traditional models of peacemaking and healing developed in traditional societies can be integrated into the justice systems of late modern societies. Overall it provides an authoritative overview of contemporary thinking about restorative justice and will be essential reading for anybody concerned with the future direction of criminal justice and criminal justice systems. leading world authorities address the theoretical foundations of restorative justicea rapidly expanding area within criminal justiceincludes chapters on restorative justice as applied to corporate crime, family violence and cases of extreme violence

"One of the central features of modern German criminology in revealing the 'true nature of crime' follows the tradition of enlightment" instead of accommodating the approach of the criminal justice system. This contention is made by the editors of Developments in Crime and Crime Control Research, Drs. Sessar and Kerner, as they continue to bridge the traditional gap between Anglo-American scholars in criminology and their German counterparts. The language barrier has long been another contributing circumstance to the division of philosophy among countries, but recently, substantial attempts are being undertaken to examine more closely the differences among specific criminological schools of thinking. Drs. Sessar and Kerner point out that, although crime has its universality, a clear understanding of the various approaches to the problem of crime will prove of benefit to those in the field in all countries.

Background In July of 1992, approximately sixty scholars and researchers met for a week at the "Fritz Erler Akademie" in Freudenstadt, Germany, to participate in a workshop entitled "Cross-National Lon gitudinal Research on Human Development and Criminal Behavior." The participants represented 15 nations and 45 universities and research centers. Although longitudinal research in criminology has a long history, this workshop represented the first one in the field of criminology in which it was attempted to get together the main scholars in this field from around the world. The largest group of the workshop represented American scholars (19), a reflection of the fact that longitudi nal research in criminology is predominantly conducted in North America. This volume is the result of the workshop process and in particular of the invitations to participants to prepare pre or conference papers. The chapters in this volume were selected from a larger set of pre- or conference papers. As workshop conveners and volume editors, it falls to us to set some of the context for this enter prise. Longitudinal research in criminology became a major approach after the publication of the land mark study by Wolfgang, Figlio, and Sellin "Delinquency in a Birth Cohort" in 1972. Around the same time, when Wolfgang, Figlio, and Sellin started their Philadelphia cohort study, were longi tudinal studies, although different in scope and aim, launched by Shannon in the USA, West in England, Janson in Sweden, and Goppinger in Germany."

This book brings together a selection of papers originally presented and discussed at the fourth international restorative justice conference, held at the University of TA1/4bingen. The contributors include many of the leading authorities in the burgeoning field of restorative justice, and they provide a comprehensive review of developing international practice and directions, and the context in which restorative justice practices are developing. Restorative Justice in Context moves beyond a focus on restorative justice for juveniles to a broader concern with the application of restorative justice in such areas as corporate crime, family violence and the application of restorative justice in cases of extreme violent crimes. The contexts examined are drawn from Europe, North America, Australasia and Japan. leading world authorities analyse international case studies reflecting the growth of restorative justice worldwiderapidly expanding area of interest

This is a collection of original research reports on the status of street gangs and problematic youth groups in Europe, as well as a set of reports on the current status of American street gang research and its implications for the European gang situation. Seven American papers are joined with reports from England, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Russia, Holland, Belgium, France, and Slovenia. Summary chapters by the American and European editors provide overviews of the street gang picture: the associated issues and problems of definition, community context, comparative research procedures, and implications for prevention and intervention. Professionals and students will find these papers easy to comprehend yet fully informative on comparative street gang studies.

Global Sourcing im Handel ist ein h chst aktuelles und intensiv diskutiertes Thema. Die Modebranche hat als eine der ersten erkannt, dass man in diesem Bereich Prozesse noch deutlich optimieren und somit Wettbewerbsvorteile realisieren kann. Praktiker erfahren in diesem Buch aktuellste Trends in der Beschaffung der Bekleidungsbranche, finden differenzierte L sungsans tze f r ihr Unternehmen und werden entlang eines vielfach in der Praxis erprobten Verbesserungsprogramms durch den Implementierungsprozess gef hrt.

Das Essential gliedert das komplexe Gebiet der psychotherapeutischen Kompetenzen (Wissen, Handlungskompetenz und Haltung) und zeigt, auf welche Weise und in welcher Reihenfolge diese Kompetenzen vermittelt und abgepruft werden koennen. Die bisher praktizierte Ausbildung zum Psychotherapeuten bedarf dringend einer Reform. Starker als zuvor sollte sie sich an der Frage orientieren, was einen guten Psychotherapeuten ausmacht und wie er seine Kompetenzen am besten erwerben kann. Ferner muss es moeglich sein, die Qualitat psychotherapeutischen Handelns rational zu beurteilen. Psychologische und arztliche Psychotherapeuten wenden eine fur den Einzelfall, den individuellen Patienten, hoechst folgenreiche Handlungskompetenz an. Sie mussen ihr Handeln daher auch in ethischer Hinsicht begrunden und verantworten koennen. Die Ausbildung zum Psychotherapeuten muss ihnen auch diese Fahigkeiten vermitteln.

Dieses Buch ist ein bedeutender Beitrag zur Standortbestimmung der taterorientierten Forschung in der Kriminologie. Die Beitrage befassen sich mit der Frage, wie Kriminalitat als Erscheinung im Leben von Individuen auftritt, sich auspragt und gegebenenfalls strukturiert, welche typischen Verlaufsgestalten sich formen, wie Ruckfalligkeit sich entwickelt bis hin zu einer sog. kriminellen Karriere. Vorformen der Kriminalitat (wie Fruhdelinquenz) und Randbereiche (wie Alkohol-, Drogenkonsum, psychiatrisch relevante Auffalligkeiten) werden mit einbezogen. Die Beitrage erstrecken sich auch auf methodologische und methodische Grundsatzfragen des empirischen Zugangs zur Verbrechenswirklichkeit, der erfahrungswissenschaftlichen Erfassung des Taters in seinen sozialen Bezugen, der forensischen Begutachtung und der (therapeutischen) Behandlung.

***VERKAUFSKATEGORIE*** 0 d Wie in den bisherigen Folgen der Buchreihe steht auch in diesem Band die Auseinandersetzung mit den Themenbereichen Forschung, Theorie und Praxis, Leitungstechnik und Variationen der Balint-Gruppenarbeit im Mittelpunkt. Schwerpunkt der Ausfuhrungen ist ein umfassender Beitrag zur Balint-Arbeit und Familienkonfrontationstherapie. Des weiteren liegen 2 Ubersetzungen aus dem Englischen vor. Der Beitrag von M. Keany ("An account on the doctor-patient-relation during medical training") wurde 1989 in Ascona bei der internationalen Balint-Tagung ausgezeichnet. J. Salinsky referierte 1987 anlasslich einer Tagung in Solothurn zum Thema "Did I talk too much?" Uber die Entwicklung und den Stand der internationalen Balint-Arbeit liegen Beitrage aus Ungarn und Schweden sowie ein Bericht uber den 7. Internationalen Balint-Kongress 1989 in Stockholm vor. Die Rubriken "Berufspolitik" und "Glosse" wurden durch 2 Rezensionen erweitert.

Bei der groRen Anzahl und dem hohen Abstraktionsniveau von Zie len fUr die Balint-Gruppenarbeit (Rosin 1985, S. 312 ff. ) ist es wich tig, mit den Teilnehmem in den Balint-Gruppensitzungen selbst im Sinne einer Aktionsforschung etwa einmal im Jahr eine Bespre chung tiber Art und Erfolg der zurtickliegenden Seminarsitzungen durchzufUhren. Mogliche Vorgehensweisen dafUr sind: "freie" Dis kussion und Besprechung einiger vom Leiter eingebrachter Fragen; chronologische oder thematische Besprechung der vorgestellten Arzt-Patient-Beziehungen; Tonband-oder/und Transkriptkonfronta tion sowie Fragebogenuntersuchung, jeweils mit anschlieRender Diskussion. In einer Balint-Gruppe wurde gemeinsam ein Fragebo gen erstellt, und in diesem wurden am Beispiel einer Arzt-Patient Beziehung die Standardreaktionen der Teilnehmer erfragt, ermittelt und besprochen. Dabei erwies es sich als wichtig, die Toleranzgren zen zu beach ten, wenn die Grenze von der patienten-zur arztzen trierten Selbsterfahrung tiberschritten wurde. Literatur Althoff JD, Domann M, Foertsch U et al. (1984) Eine Balint-Gruppe erforscht gemeinsam ihre Veranderungen im Laufe der Zusammenarbeit. - Moglich keiten der Fortfilhrung des "Training-cum-Research"-Ansatzes bei Balint. Psychos om Med 5: 243-215 Balint M e1965, 11957) Der Arzt, sein Patient und die Krankheit. Klett, Stutt gart Balint M, Balint E, Gosling R, Hildebrand P (1966) A study of doctors. Mutual selection and the evaluations of results in a training programme for family doctors. Tavistock, London Balint M (1968) Die Struktur der "Training-cum-Research"-Gruppen und deren Auswirkungen auf die Medizin. In: Drager K et al. (Hrsg) Jahrb Psychoanal, Bd 5. Huber, Bern, S 125-146 Rosin U (1985) Zur Konzeptualisierung der Balint-Gruppenarbeit."