Preventing youth violence in a multicultural society /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Guerra, Nancy, Smith, Emilie Phillips
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, c2006.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Youth and violence > United States > Prevention. Violence > United States > Prevention. Cultural pluralism > United States. Violence > Adolescent. Adolescent Behavior > psychology Diversité culturelle > États-Unis. Cultural pluralism. Violence > Prevention. United States. 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.