Crime prevention and community safety for children and youth in Canada
Publisher: University of Victoria
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Victoria, British Columbia
Language: eng
Format: Paperback; Online
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9781550584417
Description: This book presents a collection of essays from some of Canada's most well known scholars on the safety, health and well-being of children and youth. Several introductory chapters provide a useful overview of the concept of crime prevention and explore both historical and contemporary research describing Canada's experience in this area. The remainder of the book builds on this framework with original articles addressing topical issues such as evidence-based crime prevention, early intervention models, youth gangs, violence against young women and the experience of Aboriginal youth. The book provides a compelling discussion of comprehensive community crime prevention.
Table of contents: title: INTRODUCTION; title: REFLECTING ON CRIME PREVENTION AND YOUTH JUSTICE IN CANADA
label: 1; title: CHAPTER 1; title: CRIME PREVENTION AND COMMUNITY SAFETY: A CONCEPTUAL OVERVIEW
label: 7; title: Crime and its Prevention in Canada
label: 9; title: Crime Prevention Strategies
label: 12; title: 19 Conclusion: Toward a Comprehensive Crime Prevention Strategy; title: References
label: 22; title: CHAPTER 2; title: AN HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF CRIME PREVENTION INITIATIVES IN CANADA: A FEDERAL PERSPECTIVE
label: 25; title: The Early Years: Up to the Mid-1960s
label: 26; title: The Police-Community Relations Era: Mid-1960s to Mid-1970s
label: 30; title: The Community Crime Prevention Era: Mid-1970s to Mid-1980s
label: 31; title: The Policy Development Era: Mid-1980s to Mid-1990s – Toward a Comprehensive Federal Policy on Crime Prevention
label: 35; title: The New Directions: Mid-1990s to The Present Day – Toward a National Policy on Crime Prevention
label: 40; title: Discussion and Conclusion
label: 47; title: 49 Endnotes; title: 49 References; title: CHAPTER 3; title: AN EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACH TO COMMUNITY SAFETY
label: 53; title: What We Know About the Causes of Crime and Delinquency
label: 55; title: Evidence-Based Crime Prevention: What Do We Know?
label: 57; title: Conclusions
label: 69; title: Endnotes
label: 72; title: References
label: 73; title: CHAPTER 4; title: CREATING SAFER COMMUNITIES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH: THE ROLE OF THE POLICE IN CRIME PREVENTION
label: 79; title: Crime Prevention Strategies
label: 79; title: Recent Studies of Crime Prevention in Canada
label: 82; title: The Role of the Police in Crime Prevention: The Perspective of Canadian Police Officers
label: 88; title: Conclusions
label: 93; title: References
label: 96; title: Chapter 5; title: DEVELOPMENTAL PATHWAYS TOWARDS CRIME PREVENTION: EARLY INTERVENTION MODELS
label: 97; title: Trends in the Early Intervention Domain
label: 99; title: Developmental Prevention
label: 100; title: Ecological Development Models
label: 100; title: Interventions: Reducing Risks and Bolstering Protective Factors
label: 101; title: The Importance of Early Relationships
label: 101; title: Early Risk and Resilience
label: 103; title: Developmental Pathways Within Early Intervention Models
label: 105; title: Recent Canadian Evaluations of the Healthy Families Program
label: 107; title: Conclusions: Process Analysis
label: 109; title: Linkages Between Different Programs and Developmental Levels or Transition Points
label: 113; title: References
label: 114; title: Chapter 6; title: MEANINGFUL INTERVENTION WITH CHILDREN AND YOUTH: A REFLECTION ON TEN YEARS OF INQUIRY
label: 119; title: Current Thinking
label: 119; title: Current Responses to Children and Youth and Their Effects
label: 121; title: Promising Practices and Approaches for Effectively Meeting the Needs of Children, Youth, and the Community
label: 124; title: Ways of Establishing or Enhancing Partnerships
label: 127; title: Working With, not For or on Behalf of
label: 129; title: Endnotes
label: 130; title: References
label: 130; title: Chapter 7; title: VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND THE CANADIAN GIRL CHILD
label: 135; title: A Social and Historical Context of the Girl Child in Canada
label: 136; title: The Problem of Gender Neutrality
label: 138; title: Differential Gender-Based Socialization
label: 138; title: Toward a Definition of Violence
label: 139; title: The Current Research
label: 140; title: Theoretical and Conceptual Underpinnings
label: 141; title: Research Methodology
label: 142; title: Findings
label: 143; title: Doing Research From the Ground Up
label: 143; title: Gender-Neutral Policies and Legislation
label: 144; title: Programmatic Considerations
label: 146; title: Conclusion
label: 147; title: References
label: 148; title: Appendix
label: 151; title: Chapter 8; title: ILL HEALTH AND DISCRIMINATION: THE DOUBLE JEOPARDY FOR YOUTH IN PUNITIVE JUSTICE SYSTEMS
label: 159; title: The Condemnation of Age and Race
label: 160; title: Scapegoating Youth: A Story of Race and “Justice”
label: 161; title: Throwaway Youth: Life on the Streets
label: 163; title: Youth Declared as “At Risk”
label: 166; title: A Story of an At-Risk Society
label: 169; title: Healthy Contexts
label: 170; title: Alternative Schools, Health, and Justice: Won Ska Cultural School
label: 172; title: Education as a Vehicle for Holistic Healing: Cote First Nations
label: 174; title: Conclusion
label: 176; title: References
label: 178; title: Chapter 9; title: THE UNTAPPED POTENTIAL IN OUR COMMUNITIES TO ASSIST YOUTH ENGAGED IN RISKY BEHAVIOUR
label: 181; title: Protection for Children from Home and School
label: 184; title: Extending our Prevention Programs for Youth to the Community of Older Adults
label: 187; title: Involving “High-Risk” Youth in Prevention Programs
label: 191; title: Peer Helping Programs for Youth “At Risk”?
label: 192; title: Practical Application of Peer Helping with Youth at Risk
label: 193; title: Conclusion
label: 195; title: References
label: 197; title: Chapter 10; title: ADDRESSING THE PHENOMENON OF GANGS
label: 207; title: The Youth and Street Gangs Project: History, Basic Principles, and Major Developments of a Prevention Project Based on Community Social Development
label: 207; title: The Youth and Street Gangs Project
label: 208; title: The Origins of the Youth and Street Gangs Project
label: 209; title: Theoretical Principles
label: 211; title: Knowledge Developed on the Phenomenon of Gangs Within the Framework of our Research
label: 213; title: Recommendations for Action and Prevention
label: 214; title: Initiatives to Follow Up on the Project
label: 216; title: The Message
label: 218; title: Conclusion
label: 221; title: Endnotes
label: 223; title: References
label: 223; title: EPILOGUE; title: CRIME PREVENTION AND COMMUNITY SAFETY: SOME IMPLICATIONS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH
label: 227