global perspectives on youth violence Hoffman, Joan Serra 1960- Cohen, Robert. 1941- Knox, Lyndee M. text bibliography cau Santa Barbara, Calif Praeger c2011 2011 monographic eng

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xvi, 251 p. ill. 25 cm. Background. An introduction to youth violence ; What we know about the nature and causes of youth violence ; What we know about preventing violence ; Public policy approaches to youth violence prevention -- Single-sector interventions. Addressing aggression in Singapore youths: an evidence-based case example / Daniel Shuen-Sheng Fung, Yoon Phaik Ooi, and Rebecca P. Ang ; The CeaseFire method applied to Iraq : changing thinking and reducing violence / Gary Slutkin ... [et al.] ; The Kingston Y [superscript] TM Youth Development Program: an effective antiviolence intervention for inner-city youth in Jamaica / Nancy G. Guerra ... [et al.] ; No school left behind: merging Israel's national academic and school safety monitoring system and matching data-driven interventions for each school / Ron Avi Astor ... [et al.] ; Community-based restorative justice in northern Ireland / Neil Jarman -- The Groblershoop youth resilience to violence project / Patrick Burton -- Multisector interventions. Nothing stops a bullet like a job: homeboy industries gang prevention and intervention in Los Angeles / Jorja Leap ... [et al.] ; Youth violence prevention around the world: the YouthBuild case study / Tim Cross ; Reducing alcohol-related youth violence in Australia through community action and multisectoral collaboration : the safety action project / Ross Homel ; Youth violence prevention in Canada: exemplary, collaborative, and evidence-based efforts / Laura Dunbar, Irvin Aller, and Kate Gunn ; Tambou Lape (Drums for Peace): a positive experience for young people previously involved in armed violence / Daniela Bercovitch ; Latin American and Caribbean experience in urban youth violence prevention : citizen security and regional responses / Jorge C. Lamas and Joan Serra Hoffman ; Preventing youth violence in a community mental health clinic working with child welfare / Yoshiro Ono ; Reducing youth violence : Central American coalition for the prevention of youth violence / Lanie Reisman -- Conclusion. Putting violence prevention efforts in perspective. Joan Serra Hoffman, Lyndee Knox, and Robert Cohen, editors. Includes bibliographical references and index. Youth and violence Violence in adolescence HQ799.2.V56 B49 2011 303.60835 B5735 9780313383458 (hbk. : alk. paper) 0313383456 (hbk. : alk. paper) 2010035152 DLC 120516 20160527185919.0 308781