Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
vi, 279 pages ; 24 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-268) and index. |
Contents |
Shocked America: the epidemic spreads -- Who are we? -- What do we know and how do we know it -- Understanding risk and resiliency -- Guns: escalating the consequences -- It's the television, stupid -- The demonization of youth -- Girls and violence: "The Rambettes" -- Violence at home -- Violence is preventable -- The movement grows -- There is no one model -- The system is part of the problem -- Going into the future. |
Summary |
Publisher's description: Authors Deborah Prothrow-Stith and Howard R. Spivak-- two prominent Boston-area public health officials who played leading roles in that city's turnaround-- show that the key to Boston's success was creating an interdisciplinary citywide movement. The city's movement-- made up of educators, community leaders, police officers, emergency room workers, activist teens, teen and family member survivors of violence, and many others-- worked for more than ten years to implement multifaceted preventive programs that confronted each risk factor for youth violence, including Positive Role Models: Peer mentoring and teacher-training programs Healthy and Safe Communities: Youth centers, after-school programs, and other organized recreational activities Poverty: Economic stimulus policies to help reduce poverty in inner-city and rural areas Pro-Social Behaviors: Conflict resolution and violence prevention curricula in schools Domestic Violence: Home visitation programs and screening to protect kids from domestic violence Gun Buybacks: Reduction in the number of firearms on the streets. |
Subject |
Violence in adolescence -- United States.
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Violence in children -- United States.
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Violence in adolescence -- United States -- Prevention.
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Violence in children -- United States -- Prevention.
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Violence in adolescence -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Prevention.
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Violence in children -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Prevention.
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Youth and violence -- United States.
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Added Author |
Spivak, Howard R., 1947-
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ISBN |
078796980X alkaline paper |
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