Murder is no accident : understanding and preventing youth violence in America / Deborah Prothrow-Stith, Howard R. Spivak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Prothrow-Stith, Deborah, 1954-

Contributor:

Spivak, Howard R., 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence in adolescence--United States.

Violence in adolescence.

Violence in children--United States.

Violence in children.

United States.

Violence in adolescence--United States--Prevention.

Violence in children--United States--Prevention.

Violence in adolescence--Massachusetts--Boston--Prevention.

Violence in children--Massachusetts--Boston--Prevention.

Youth and violence--United States.

Youth and violence.

Massachusetts--Boston.

Physical Description:

vi, 279 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, [2004]

Summary:

Authors Deborah Prothrow-Stith and Howard R. Spivak - two prominent Boston-area public health officials who played leading roles in that city's turnaround - show that the key to Boston's success was creating an interdisciplinary citywide movement. The city's movement - made up of educators, community leaders, police officers, emergency room workers, activist teens, teen and family member survivors of violence, and many others - worked for more than ten years to implement multifaceted preventive programs that confronted each risk factor for youth violence, including Positive Role Models: Peer mentoring and teacher-training programs Healthy and Safe Communities: Youth centers, after-school programs, and other organized recreational activities Poverty: Economic stimulus policies to help reduce poverty in inner-city and rural areas Pro-Social Behaviors: Conflict resolution and violence prevention curricula in schools Domestic Violence: Home visitation programs and screening to protect kids from domestic violence Gun Buybacks: Reduction in the number of firearms on the streets

Contents:

Part 1 The Problem 9

1. A Shocked America: The Epidemic Spreads 11

2. Who Are We? 27

Part 2 Issues and Solutions 37

3. What Do We Know and How Do We Know It? 39

4. Understanding Risk and Resiliency 53

5. Guns: Escalating the Consequences 71

6. It's the Television, Stupid 97

7. The Demonization of Youth 113

8. Girls and Violence: Rambettes 129

9. Violence at Home 147

Part 3 What Happened in Boston 163

10. Violence Is Preventable 165

11. The Movement Grows 189

Part 4 Lessons Learned 209

12. There Is No One Model 211

13. The System Is Part of the Problem 227

14. Going Into the Future 243.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-268) and index.

ISBN:

078796980X

OCLC:

52258327

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