Youth Violence And Social Disintegration

Author : Wilhelm Heitmeyer,Sandra Hupping
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2008-11-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 0470424095

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Youth, Violence, and Social Disintegration by Wilhelm Heitmeyer,Sandra Hupping Pdf

How and why do young people become perpetrators and victims of violence? This volume examines violent behavior and addresses these questions in an international context. In youth violence, what roles are played by public spaces, the institutional context, socialization processes, religion and other kinds of ideologies, and, more generally, the experience of social disintegration? Are there global commonalities with regard to programs for preventing and intervening in youth crime? A look at the global trends of youth crime and violence and the development of social conditions for young people worldwide shows the importance of finding answers to these critical questions. The theoretical framework for articles in this volume is the theory of disintegration. The article authors examine whether the disintegration approach, which suggests that social disintegration encourages the development of social harmful attitudes and behavior, offers explanations for the forms of youth violence under examination and for the experience of violence. The analysis are deliberately very different from each other and show that there are many forms of youth violence that cannot be explained in terms of a single cause. The selection of topics reflects a comprehensive and committed approach to international social conditions and problems, as well as national differences, including minority and majority perspectives, which evade simplistic comparison. The volume concludes with a discussion of similarities and differences in youth violence prevention and intervention programs, with a view to establishing a basis for international collaborations. This is the 119th volume of New Directions for Youth Development, the Jossey-Bass quarterly report series dedicated to bringing together everyone concerned with helping young people, including scholars, practitioners, and people from different disciplines and professions. The result is a unique resource presenting thoughtful, multi-faceted approaches to helping our youth develop into responsible, stable, well-rounded citizens.

Author : Daniel J. Flannery,C. Ronald Huff
Publisher : American Psychiatric Pub
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0880488093

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Youth Violence by Daniel J. Flannery,C. Ronald Huff Pdf

This is a resource for dealing with both perpetrators and victims of violence and understanding the risk factors facing youth. Presenting an assessment of effects of exposure to violence and the continuity of aggression from early childhood to adulthood, it outlines an integration strategy for public policy towards prevention and treatment.

Author : G. Jones
Publisher : Springer
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2009-10-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780230101333

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Youth Violence in Latin America by G. Jones Pdf

This volume provides a systematic overview of the contemporary Latin American youth violence phenomenon. The authors focus specifically on youth gangs, juvenile justice issues, and applied research concerns, providing a rounded and balanced exploration of this increasingly important topic.

Author : John Winterdyk
Publisher : Canadian Scholars’ Press
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Law
ISBN : 1551302020

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Juvenile Justice Systems by John Winterdyk Pdf

Annotation By the year 2000 more than 50% of the world population will be under the age of 15 (9th UN Congress, 1995) Youth crime is increasing around the worl d(9th UN Congress, 1995) In September 1997, Canadian Justice Minister, Anne McLellan, declared youth justice as a top priority. These and similar facts speak to the urgency for society to study youth crime and examine youth justice systems from a comparative perspective. As our world gets smaller, we discover the urgency and importance of sharing and learning at a global level. This collection offers a unique opportunity to examine six different juvenile justice systems and youth crime around the world. All eleven articles are original contributions from a distinguished set of experts on juvenile justice in their respective countries. Each contribution examines a set of common elements: defining delinquency, describing the nature and extent of youth crime, examining the administration of youth justice, and discussing issues confronting youth crime. This groundbreaking book will be of interest to students, criminologists, and criminal justice policy-makers who are interested in improving the intervention, treatment, and prevention of youth crime, and the administration of youth justice.

Author : Wilhelm Heitmeyer,Heinz-Gerhard Haupt,Stefan Malthaner,Andrea Kirschner
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 619 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2010-11-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781441903839

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Control of Violence by Wilhelm Heitmeyer,Heinz-Gerhard Haupt,Stefan Malthaner,Andrea Kirschner Pdf

The Control of Violence in Modern Society, starts from the hypothesis that in modern society we will face an increasing loss of control over certain phenomena of violence. This leads to unpredictable escalations and violence can no longer be contained adequately by the relevant control regimes, such as police, state surveillance institutions, national repression apparatuses and international law. However, before investigating this hypothesis from an internationally and historically comparative perspective, the terms and "tools" for this undertaking have to be rendered more precisely. Since both "control" and "violence" are all but clear-cut terms but rather highly debatable and contested concepts that may take multiple connotations. The main question is whether an increase in certain forms of violence can be explained by the failure or, in turn, "overeffectiveness" of certain control mechanisms. It is asked, for instance, which contribution religion can make to limit violence and, in turn, which destructive potential religion might have in its fundamentalist form. Moreover, the concept of individual self-control as well as social institutions and strategies of collective disengagement and de-radicalization are investigated with regard to their potential for controlling violence. The Control of Violence in Modern Society concludes with a re-examination of the hypothesis of a loss of control by specifying in what cases and under which circumstances we can speak of a loss of control over violence.

Author : Joseph Sanders,V. Lee Hamilton
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2007-05-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780306473791

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Handbook of Justice Research in Law by Joseph Sanders,V. Lee Hamilton Pdf

Justice—a word of great simplicity and almost frightening scope. When we were invited to edit a volume on justice in law, we joked about the small topic we had been assigned. Often humor masks fear, and this was certainly one of those times. Throughout the project, we found daunting the task of covering even a fraction of the topics that usually fall under the umbrella of justice research in law. Ultimately, the organization of the book emerged from the writing of it. Our introductory chapter provides a road map to how the topics weave together, but as is so often the case it was written last, not ?rst. It was only when we had chapters in hand that we began to see how the many strands of justice research might be woven together. Chapters 2–4 on the basic forms of justice—procedural, retributive, and distributive—are the lynchpin of the volume; they provide the building blocks that permit us to think and write about each of the other substantive and applied chapters in terms of how they relate to the fundamental forms of justice. In the large central section of the volume (Chapters 5–9), the contributors address many ways in which the justice dimensions relate to one another. Most important for law is the relationship of perceptions of procedural justice and the two types of substantive justice—retributive and distributive.

Author : Michael H. Tonry
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 836 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0195140605

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The Handbook of Crime & Punishment by Michael H. Tonry Pdf

Consisting of 28 articles, this comprehensive reference work on the study of crime, examines: its causes, effects, trends, and institutions, current philosophies of punishment and ways of controlling crime.

Author : Ilias Bantekas,Emmanouela Mylonaki
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-06
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781107060036

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Criminological Approaches to International Criminal Law by Ilias Bantekas,Emmanouela Mylonaki Pdf

A practical guide to what motivates international crimes and how these are structured and investigated in theory and practice.

Author : Nils Böckler,Thorsten Seeger,Peter Sitzer,Wilhelm Heitmeyer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781461455264

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School Shootings by Nils Böckler,Thorsten Seeger,Peter Sitzer,Wilhelm Heitmeyer Pdf

School shootings are a topic of research in a variety of different disciplines—from psychology, to sociology to criminology, pedagogy, and public health—each with their own set of theories. Many of these theories are logically interconnected, while some differ widely and seem incompatible with each other, leading to divergent results about potential means of prevention. In this innovative work, leading researchers on the topic of school shootings introduce their findings and theoretical concepts in one combined systematic volume. The contributions to this work highlight both the complementary findings from different fields, as well as cases where they diverge or contradict each other. The work is divided into four main sections: an overview of current theoretical approaches and empirical models; application of these theories to international cases, including Columbine (USA), Emsdetten (Germany), and Tuusula (Finland); a critique of the influence of the media, both in the portrayals of past events and its effect on future events; and finally an overview of existing models for prevention and intervention, and measures of their success. The result is a comprehensive source for current research on school shootings, and will provide a direction for future research.

Author : Alava, Séraphin,Frau-Meigs, Divina,Hassan, Ghayda
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2017-12-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789231002458

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Youth and violent extremism on social media by Alava, Séraphin,Frau-Meigs, Divina,Hassan, Ghayda Pdf

Author : Kayleen Hazlehurst,Cameron Hazlehurst
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2018-01-16
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781351290623

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Gangs and Youth Subcultures by Kayleen Hazlehurst,Cameron Hazlehurst Pdf

Gangs are growing in many different social, economic, and political environments coupled with an alarming breakdown of public order. Failures to contain or reduce gang crime in European, Asian, South American, African, and North American cities may be symptoms of fundamental problems threatening the fabric of many societies. The spread of gangs to suburbia and remote locations is a palpable, worldwide threat. But despite nearly a century of scholarly inquiry into street gangs and youth subcultures, no single work systematically reflects on comparative international experiences with gangs. Gangs and Youth Subcultures takes up this challenge. Kayleen Hazlehurst and Cameron Hazlehurst argue that theories of gang behavior in immigrant communities and the influence of transnational crime syndicates are better tested in more than one host society. Similar phenomena would be better understood if placed in a comparative context. To this purpose, the editors assembled expert scholars and policy advisers from North America, Europe, South Africa, and Australasia. Gangs and Youth Subculture lays the groundwork for an explanation of why gangs continue to grow in strength and influence, and why they have spread to remote locations.Kayleen Hazlehurst and Cameron Hazlehurst present new findings and innovative preventive strategies in a clear, concise fashion. No other work brings together experts on gangs and youth subcultures from so many countries. As such, this trailblazing book will interest scholars and teachers of criminology and sociology, justice system administrators, as well as law enforcement officers and youth workers internationally.

Author : Lindley Bassarath
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2001-11-26
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780595208197

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Youth Violence Prevention by Lindley Bassarath Pdf

Dr. Bassarath has seen numerous youth in the juvenile justice system. He succintly distills current research into readable kernels of information about youth at risk for violence behavior. Limitations of knowledge and research are also discussed to demystify the science surrounding delinquency. A must for any parent or professional who deals with such youth on a regular basis.

Author : Bill Osgerby
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2004-09-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134557387

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Youth Media by Bill Osgerby Pdf

Part of the successful Routledge Introductions to Media and Communications series which provides concise introductions to key areas in contemporary communications, Bill Osgerby's innovative Youth Media traces the development of contemporary youth culture and its relationship with the media. From the days of diners, drive-ins and jukeboxes, to today's world of iPods and the Internet, Youth Media examines youth media in its economic, cultural and political contexts and explores: youth culture and the media the 'Fab Phenomenon': markets, money and media generation and degeneration in the media: representations, responses and 'effects' media, subculture and lifestyle global media, youth culture and identity youth and new media. Analyzing the nature of different forms of communication as well as reviewing their production and consumption, this is an essential introduction to this key area in communication and cultural studies.

Author : M. Palacios
Publisher : Springer
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013-08-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137003690

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Radical Sociality by M. Palacios Pdf

A philosophical and psychoanalytic investigation of relations to otherness, violence, disobedience and belonging, Radical Sociality explores the possibilities and vicissitudes of contemporary forms of belonging and the limits and challenges of democracy.

Author : Robert L. Hampton,Pamela Jenkins,Thomas P. Gullotta
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780761900412

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Preventing Violence in America by Robert L. Hampton,Pamela Jenkins,Thomas P. Gullotta Pdf

What can be done to address the problem of violence in society? The contributors to this volume, both scholars and practitioners, examine this question by exploring the history of violence together with theoretical explanations. The book discusses such issues as: the disproportionate presence of violence within North American minority populations; the concept of psychological resiliency; how spirituality may serve as a protective factor; and the role of television in promoting violence. The contributors also address prevention and intervention strategies among gangs of young people, and the implementation of special programmes in schools.