Preventing youth violence in a multicultural society

• Other Authors: Guerra, Nancy (Editor), Smith, Emilie Phillips (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Psychological Association 2006
• Edition: First edition
• Subjects: Pluralism (Social sciences) > United States; Youth and violence > Prevention > United States; Violence > Prevention > United States
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• Physical Description: xi, 310 pages illustrations 27 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and indexes
• ISBN: 9781591473275; 1591473276

Highlights the importance of creating culturally compatible interventions to stop violence by examining risk factors common to all groups of youth, such as feeling alienated from mainstream culture and searching for self-identity, and then focus on risk, resilience, and distinguishing factors among particular racial and ethnic groups, including Latino, African American, Asian American, Pacific Islander, American Indian, and White youth. Focuses on the interaction between environmental conditions and the individual risk factors that foster youth violence; Recommends interventions tailored to each group as well as advice on how to incorporate cultural competence into more general youth violence prevention programs. The social-ecological approach taken in this volume emphasizes the learned nature of aggression and violence, and many of the recommended interventions involve changing the context in which violence is taught, therefore truly encouraging long-term violence prevention