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Author Seifert, Kathryn.

Title How children become violent : keeping your kids out of gangs, terrorist organizations, and cults / Kathryn Seifert.

Imprint Boston, Mass. : Acanthus Publishing, 2006.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  618.9285 S459H    Check Shelf
Description xx, 269 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Part I: Violence and disrupted attachment patters (DAP). Secure and disrupted attachment -- Characteristics of children with DAP -- The six stages of moral development -- Why do people resort to violence? -- The problem with violence in every corner of the world.
Part II: Assessment. Assessment for disrupted attachment patterns -- Assessing severe, chronic depression, and psychopathy -- Assessment of attachment, behavior problems, violence, and placement needs -- Assessment of adult risk of violence, sexual offending, and psychopathy.
Part III: Treatment. Treatment for children with DAP -- Treating youth at high risk for violence / with a passage from Abigail S. Malcolm, Psy.D. -- A promising practice for the future: school-based mental health / by Rob Schmidt.
Summary Those who commit violence today, as Dr Kathryn Seifert explains in this book, are likely to be adults or adolescents who themselves witnessed violence as children or were abused or neglected in their early years. Childhood is a time when bonding with caregivers stimulates the formulation of behavioural regulation, interpersonal skills, moral development, brain development, and problem solving, and when it is interrupted Disrupted Attachments Patterns (DAP) can form. This means that today's violent, neglected, psychologically unbalanced, and traumatised children are likely to be tomorrow's dangers to society-that is, unless we can intervene to assess DAP and offer them appropriate therapy. Dr Seifert offers personal insights from her over 30 years of experience in mental health, addictions, and criminal justice work to help other therapists, victims, and parents understand not only how children become violent, but illuminate the pathway to a violence-free future.
Subject Violence in children -- Psychological aspects.
Violence in children -- Prevention.
Children and violence -- Psychological aspects.
Children and violence -- Prevention.
Attachment disorder in children -- Treatment.
Child mental health -- Treatment.
Attachment disorder in children -- Treatment. (OCoLC)fst00820767
Children and violence -- Prevention. (OCoLC)fst00855238
Children and violence -- Psychological aspects. (OCoLC)fst00855240
Violence in children -- Prevention. (OCoLC)fst01167275
Added Title Keeping your kids out of gangs, terrorist organizations, and cults
ISBN 1933631481
9781933631486
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