Social Intervention : Potential and Constraints / Franz-Xaver Kaufmann, Friedrich Lösel, Klaus Hurrelmann.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hurrelmann, Klaus, editor.

Kaufmann, Franz-Xaver, editor.

Lösel, Friedrich, editor.

Series:

Prevention and intervention in childhood and adolescence ; 1.

Prävention und Intervention im Kindes- und Jugendalter ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social work with children--Congresses.

Social work with children.

Social work with youth--Congresses.

Social work with youth.

Problem children--Congresses.

Problem children.

Juvenile delinquency--Congresses.

Juvenile delinquency.

Juvenile delinquency--Prevention--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (412 pages).

Edition:

Reprint 2014

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

Part I. Theoretical Approaches to Prevention and Intervention

1. Prevention and Intervention in the Analytical Perspective of Guidance / Kaufmann, Franz-Xaver

2. Observation, Diagnosis, Guidance. A Systems Theoretical View on Intervention / Wilike, Helmut

3. Powerlessness, Politics, and Prevention. The Community Mental Health Approach / Albee, George W.

4. The Stress Process and Strategies of Intervention / Pearlin, Leonard I.

Part II. Children's Services and Preschool Programs

5. Professionalism and Children's Services / Heyns, Barbara

6. Evidence of Problem Prevention by Early Childhood Education / Schweinhart, Lawrence J. / Weikart, David P.

Part III. Family Empowerment and Parent Involvement

7. Empowering Families: An Alternative to the Deficit Model / Cochran, Moncrieff

8. Toward a Theory of Family -School Connections: Teacher Practices and Parent Involvement / Epstein, Joyce L.

9. Conditions of Family Functioning / Engelbert, Angelika / Herlth, Alois

10. Intervention in the Family: The Case of Handicapped Children / Sgritta, Giovanni Β.

Part IV. Problem Behavior in Adolescence

11. Developmental Transitions and Adolescent Problem Behavior: Implications for Prevention and Intervention / Petersen, Anne C. / Ebata, Aaron

12. Adolescent Problem Behavior in the United States and the Federal Republic of Germany: Implications for Prevention / Hamilton, Stephen F.

13. Developmental Perspectives on Problem Behavior and Prevention in Adolescence / Silbereisen, Rainer Κ. / Noack, Peter / Reitzle, Matthias

14. The Limits and Potential of Social Intervention in Adolescence: An Exemplary Analysis / Hurrelmann, Klaus

Part V. Scholastic Achievement and Educational Career Planning

15. Diagnosis and Intervention in Education and Therapy / Rollett, Brigitte A.

16. Intervention in the Transition from School to Work for Early School Leavers / Weidman, John C.

17. Social Intervention Strategies in Elite U.S. Secondary Schools / Hodges Perseli, Caroline / Cookson, Peter W.

Part VI. Social Intervention and Social Control

18. Psychological Crime Prevention: Concepts, Evaluations and Perspectives / Lösel, Friedrich

19. Alternative Methods of Conflict-Settling and Sanctioning: Their Impact on Young Offenders / Albrecht, Günter / Karstedt-Henke, Susanne

20. Evaluating Residential Treatments for Delinquents: A Cautionary Tale / Cornish, Derek

21. Preventive Effects of Correctional Intervention: Reeducation and Resocialization of Juvenile Prisoners / Wirth, Wolfgang

22. Simulating Social Order - Community and Crime Cont / Kreissi, Reinhard

Appendix

23. The Program of the Special Research Unit "Prevention and Intervention in Childhood and Adolescence"

Author Index

Subject Index

Notes:

"The papers were initially represented at the First International Symposium of the Special Research Unit "Prevention and Intervention in Childhood and Adolescence" in November 1986."

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Sep 2019)

ISBN:

9783110850963

3110850966

OCLC:

979604460