Global youth : understanding challenges, identifying solutions, offering hope / edited by Karen Rice and Marc V. Felizzi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rice, Karen M., editor.

Felizzi, Marc V., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Youth--Social conditions.

Youth.

Youth and violence.

Juvenile delinquency--Prevention.

Juvenile delinquency.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (214 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.

Summary:

Youth violence is not a unique phenomenon, and, in fact, youth have been plagued with challenges throughout the centuries that have placed them at risk of violent tendencies. These challenges include poverty, inadequate healthcare, limited educational opportunities, exploitation, gender inequality, substance abuse, mental health concerns, homelessness, gang involvement, and family dysfunction. Further, these challenges are not unique to youth within the United States; however, these experiences may differ in terms of chronicity, intensity, and impact. In all youth, these challenges create stre

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Contributors.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 24, 2016).

ISBN:

1-4438-8162-7

OCLC:

922704047