Preventing youth violence in a multicultural society /

"Preventing Youth Violence in a Multicultural Society highlights the importance of creating culturally compatible interventions to stop violence among the youngest members of diverse populations. Chapters explore how ethnicity and culture can increase or decrease risk for violence among youth d...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Guerra, Nancy, Smith, Emilie Phillips
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2006]
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Youth and violence > United States > Prevention. Violence > United States > Prevention. Cultural pluralism > United States. Violence. Adolescent. Adolescent Behavior > psychology. Violence chez les jeunes > États-Unis > Prévention. Violence > États-Unis > Prévention. Pluralisme > États-Unis. Gewalt. Jugend. Multikulturelle Gesellschaft. Prävention. Gewalttätigkeit. USA. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction / Emilie Phillips Smith and Nancy G. Guerra
Understanding youth violence and prevention in context : the role of ethnicity and culture
Ethnicity, youth violence, and the ecology of development / Nancy G. Guerra and Kirk R. Williams
Ethnic identity, social group membership, and youth violence / Sabine E. French, Tia E. Kim, and Olivia Pillado
Youth violence, immigration, and acculturation / Ioakim Boutakidis, Nancy Guerra, and Fernando Soriano
Youth violence prevention among Latino youth / Brenda Mirabal-Colón and Carmen Noemi Velez
Youth violence prevention among Asian American and Pacific islander youth / Gregory Yee Mark, Linda A. Revilla, Thomas Tsutsumoto, and David Mayeda
Understanding American Indian youth violence and prevention / Samantha Hurst and Jack Laird
Preventing youth violence among African American youth : the socio-cultural context of risk and protective factors / Emilie Phillips Smith and La Mar Hasbrouck
Youth violence prevention among white youth / Robert Nash Parker and Louis Tuthill
Culturally-sensitive interventions to prevent youth violence / Joan C. Wright and Marc A. Zimmerman
What is cultural competence and how can it be incorporated into preventive interventions? / Cynthia Hudley and April Taylor
Preventing youth violence in a multicultural society : future directions / Nancy G. Guerra and Emilie Phillips Smith.