Schools and Delinquency
Schools and Delinquency
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USDSchools and Delinquency provides a comprehensive review and critique of the current research on the causes of delinquency, substance use, drop-out, and truancy, and the role of the school in preventing these behavior patterns. Examining school-based prevention programs and practices for grades K-12, the author identifies a broad array of effective and ineffective strategies. In the larger context of the community, she analyzes the special challenges to effective prevention programming that arise in disorganized settings, identifying ways to overcome these obstacles and make the most troubled schools safer and more productive environments.
- Comprehensive review of school-based delinquency prevention programs
- Integrates research from psychology, sociology, and criminology to develop a broad understanding of problem behavior
- Includes policy recommendations for creating safer schools
Reviews & endorsements
'… a timely and high quality research monograph … this book is a valuable addition in the field of criminology, psychology, education and youth studies. It, undoubtedly, is a major resource for anyone who is concerned about the future of children and young people and of course those who work in schools' Journal of Family Studies
Product details
November 2000Paperback
9780521626293
332 pages
229 × 154 × 26 mm
0.454kg
5 b/w illus. 33 tables
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Table of Contents
- 1. School's potential as a location for delinquency prevention
- 2. School-related individual characteristics, attitudes, and experiences
- 3. School effects
- 4. Field studies of school-based prevention: overview
- 5. Changing school and classroom environments: the field studies
- 6. Changing student personality, attitudes, and beliefs: the field studies
- 7. Lost in translation: why doesn't school-based prevention work as well as it should?
- 8. Where do we go from here?
