Clinical interventions with gang adolescents and their families
By: Curtis W. Branch.
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
Subjects: Gang members -- Mental health; Juvenile delinquency -- Prevention; Gang members -- Mental health services; Gang members -- Psychology; Gang members -- Rehabilitation; Gang members -- Family relationships
Description: This volume is bold and revolutionary, a clinically oriented primer for clinicians and others interested in the mental health functioning of gang youths and their families. Providing a well-integrated mixture of theory, clinical axioms, and practical ideas, the book offers invaluable information to clinicians, researchers, and program planners working with gang-affiliated adolescents. Standard psychotherapeutic and assessment procedures are discussed in terms of their specific use with gang members.

The oft-made assumption that a gang member's life is one continuous state of antisocial and violent behavior is abandoned in favor of a developmental orientation that considers pregang functioning as well as the transformation that occurs as a result of joining the gang.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-239) and index.