Murder Is No Accident Understanding and Preventing Youth Violence in America

Name: Murder Is No Accident Understanding and Preventing Youth Violence in America
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ISBN: 9780787969806

ISBN-10: 078796980X

ISBN-13: 9780787969806

Edition: 2004

Authors: Deborah Prothrow-Stith, Howard R. Spivak

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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,…

Book details

List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/22/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 6.32" wide x 9.35" long x 1.11" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Introduction



The Problem



A Shocked America: The Epidemic Spreads



Who Are We?



Issues and Solutions



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: Rambettes



Violence at Home



What Happened in Boston



Violence Is Preventable



The Movement Grows



Lessons Learned



There Is No One Model



The System Is Part of the Problem



Going Into the Future


Notes


Further Reading


About the Authors


Index