Juvenile Violence in the Americas
Subtitle: Innovative Studies in Research, Diagnosis and Prevention (in English & Spanish)
Contributors: McAlister PhD, Alfred
Publisher: Pan American Health Organization
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 80
ISBN-13: 9789275127254
Description: This book briefly discusses several published works on violence among children and adolescents, organizing the research on factors related to violence by age group and type of environment and examining the environmental factors that contribute to violence and the role played by the mass media. It also presents a theoretical model that identifies the factors and processes that lead to violence or follow from it as a frame of reference for understanding how to prevent this phenomenon. Based on the model's components, the study reviews research on violence prevention in families, schools, and com.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: English; Español; Contents; Contenido; Preface; Prefacio; Introduction; Introducción; Forms of violence; Violence toward children and women; Formas de violencia; Violencia dirigida a niños y mujeres; Youth violence and violence in schools; Violencia juvenil y violencia en las escuelas; Young adult violence; Violencia en el adulto joven; Collective violence and youth; Violencia colectiva y juventud; Environmental influences on violence; Influencias del entorno en la violencia; Influence of mass media; Influencia de los medios de comunicación masiva.; title: Theoretical model: social psychological processes governing violenceModelo teórico: Procesos psico-sociales que controlan la violencia; Reducing availability of firearms; Reducción de la disponibilidad de armas de fuego; Reducing conflict; Control de los conflictos; Modifying consequences of violent behavior; Ajuste de las consecuencias del comportamiento violento; Parent programs; Communication and education to change attitudes and teach skills; Comunicación y educació