Youth Violence

Scientific Approaches to Prevention

• Author(s): John Devine,
• Publisher: New York Academy of Sciences
• Pages: 417
• ISBN_10: 1573315257
  ISBN_13: 9781573315258
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Science / General , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social , Social Science / Criminology , Social Science / Violence in Society ,

Description:... This volume summarizes and assesses the current state of knowledge about strategies to prevent youth violence. By focusing on violence committed by and upon youth (adolescents and young adults), the authors emphasize the importance of preventive, as opposed to merely retributive, approaches to the problem.