Youth violence and juvenile justice : causes, intervention and treatment programs / Neil A. Ramsay and Colin R. Morrison, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ramsay, Neil A.

Morrison, Colin R.

Series:

Social Issues, Justice and Status

Social issues, justice and status series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Youth and violence.

Youth and violence--Prevention.

Juvenile delinquency--Prevention.

Juvenile delinquency.

Juvenile justice, Administration of.

Juvenile delinquents--Rehabilitation.

Juvenile delinquents.

At-risk youth--Rehabilitation--United States.

At-risk youth.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (371 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, NY : Nova Science Publisher's, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

There are multiple reasons to prevent juveniles from becoming delinquent or continuing to engage in delinquent behavior. The most obvious reason is that delinquency puts youth at risk for substance abuse and delinquency, school drop-out, gang involvement, criminality, and mental health challenges. Youth engaging in delinquent behaviors are also vulnerable to physical injury, early pregnancy, domestic violence and sexual assault. To address issues of juvenile delinquency, this book describes various youth and family risk and protective factors associated with delinquency and provides a description of various family-oriented treatment options for preventing and treating youth violence and aggression. The authors also examine how sociometric status influences childhood bullying, aggressive behavior and victimization. Special attention is given to the affect of sociometric neglect and rejection on child development. In addition, this book summarizes the transformation of youth gangs and violence associated with them, the basis of interventions to reduce youth gang affiliation and aggression in these different eras. To conclude, implications for the prevention and treatment of juvenile crime are presented, as well as recommendations for extinguishing violent and aggressive beliefs and behaviors in children.

Contents:

""YOUTH VIOLENCE AND JUVENILE JUSTICE: CAUSES, INTERVENTION AND TREATMENT PROGRAMS""; ""YOUTH VIOLENCE AND JUVENILE JUSTICE: CAUSES, INTERVENTION AND TREATMENT PROGRAMS ""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE ""; ""ENTRE DOS MUNDOS/BETWEEN TWO WORLDS: AN EVIDENCE-BASED BICULTURAL SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAM FOR ACCULTURATING LATINO FAMILIES ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""LITERATURE REVIEW ""; ""Assimilation and Acculturation Stress as Risk Factors ""; ""Biculturalism as a Protective Factor ""; ""ACCULTURATION-BASED PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION PROGRAMS""; ""Current State of Model Development ""

""Entre Dos Mundos/Between Two Worlds Bicultural Skills Training """"Theoretical background ""; ""Entre Dos Mundos Program Design and Description ""; ""Testing the Entre Dos Mundos Approach ""; ""RESEARCH METHOD ""; ""Research Design""; ""Sample ""; ""Measures ""; ""Data Analyses ""; ""RESULTS ""; ""Posttest Analyses ""; ""Analyses of One-Year Follow-Up Data ""; ""DISCUSSION ""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""EVIDENCE-BASE PRACTICES FOR JUVENILE DELINQUENCY: RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS IN TREATMENT IMPLEMENTATION ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""Case Study ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""

""Juvenile Delinquency Defined """"Risk Factors""; ""Protective Factors ""; ""RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTOR DOMAINS ""; ""INDIVIDUAL RISK FACTORS""; ""Substance Use ""; ""Mental Illness ""; ""Other Individual Risk Factors ""; ""INDIVIDUAL PROTECTIVE FACTORS""; ""PEER RISK FACTORS ""; ""Association with Deviant Peers ""; ""Weak Social Ties and Peer Rejection ""; ""PEER PROTECTIVE FACTORS ""; ""SCHOOL RISK FACTORS ""; ""SCHOOL PROTECTIVE FACTORS ""; ""COMMUNITY RISK FACTORS ""; ""FAMILY RISK FACTORS ""; ""Abuse and Neglect""; ""Parents� History ""; ""Parenting Style""

""Other Family Risk Factors """"Family Protective Factors ""; ""FAMILIES AND HIGH-RISK YOUTH""; ""FAMILY-BASED TREATMENT OPTIONS ""; ""MULTISYSTEMIC THERAPY ""; ""BRIEF STRATEGIC FAMILY THERAPY ""; ""MULTIDIMENSIONAL FAMILY THERAPY (MDFT)""; ""Solution Focused Family Therapy ""; ""CONCLUSIONS ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS IN YOUTH VIOLENCE AND AGGRESSION: PROMISING FAMILY-BASED PREVENTION MODELS""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""Aggression and Violence Defined ""; ""Risk Factors ""; ""Protective Factors ""; ""Risk and Protective Factor Domains""

""INDIVIDUAL DOMAIN """"Individual Risk Factors ""; ""Biological risk factors ""; ""Cognitive risk factors ""; ""Physiological risk factors""; ""Individual Protective Factors ""; ""PEER DOMAIN""; ""Peer Risk Factors ""; ""Deviant peer group risk factors ""; ""Social isolation risk factors ""; ""Peer Protective Factors ""; ""SCHOOL DOMAIN ""; ""School Risk Factors ""; ""School Protective Factors ""; ""COMMUNITY DOMAIN ""; ""Community Risk Factors ""; ""Community Protective Factors ""; ""FAMILY DOMAIN ""; ""Family Risk Factors ""; ""Family Protective Factors ""

""FAMILIES AND AGGRESSIVE YOUTH ""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1-61942-338-3

OCLC:

767671069