YOUTH VIOLENCE AND JUVENILE JUSTICE: CAUSES, INTERVENTION AND TREATMENT PROGRAMS -- YOUTH VIOLENCE AND JUVENILE JUSTICE: CAUSES, INTERVENTION AND TREATMENT PROGRAMS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ENTRE DOS MUNDOS/BETWEEN TWO WORLDS: AN EVIDENCE-BASED BICULTURAL SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAM FOR ACCULTURATING LATINO FAMILIES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- LITERATURE REVIEW -- Assimilation and Acculturation Stress as Risk Factors -- Biculturalism as a Protective Factor -- ACCULTURATION-BASED PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION PROGRAMS -- Current State of Model Development -- Entre Dos Mundos/Between Two Worlds Bicultural Skills Training -- Theoretical background -- Entre Dos Mundos Program Design and Description -- Testing the Entre Dos Mundos Approach -- RESEARCH METHOD -- Research Design -- Sample -- Measures -- Data Analyses -- RESULTS -- Posttest Analyses -- Analyses of One-Year Follow-Up Data -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- EVIDENCE-BASE PRACTICES FOR JUVENILE DELINQUENCY: RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS IN TREATMENT IMPLEMENTATION -- ABSTRACT -- Case Study -- INTRODUCTION -- Juvenile Delinquency Defined -- Risk Factors -- Protective Factors -- RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTOR DOMAINS -- INDIVIDUAL RISK FACTORS -- Substance Use -- Mental Illness -- Other Individual Risk Factors -- INDIVIDUAL PROTECTIVE FACTORS -- PEER RISK FACTORS -- Association with Deviant Peers -- Weak Social Ties and Peer Rejection -- PEER PROTECTIVE FACTORS -- SCHOOL RISK FACTORS -- SCHOOL PROTECTIVE FACTORS -- COMMUNITY RISK FACTORS -- FAMILY RISK FACTORS -- Abuse and Neglect -- Parents' History -- Parenting Style -- Other Family Risk Factors -- Family Protective Factors -- FAMILIES AND HIGH-RISK YOUTH -- FAMILY-BASED TREATMENT OPTIONS -- MULTISYSTEMIC THERAPY -- BRIEF STRATEGIC FAMILY THERAPY -- MULTIDIMENSIONAL FAMILY THERAPY (MDFT) -- Solution Focused Family Therapy -- CONCLUSIONS.

REFERENCES -- RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS IN YOUTH VIOLENCE AND AGGRESSION: PROMISING FAMILY-BASED PREVENTION MODELS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- Aggression and Violence Defined -- Risk Factors -- Protective Factors -- Risk and Protective Factor Domains -- INDIVIDUAL DOMAIN -- Individual Risk Factors -- Biological risk factors -- Cognitive risk factors -- Physiological risk factors -- Individual Protective Factors -- PEER DOMAIN -- Peer Risk Factors -- Deviant peer group risk factors -- Social isolation risk factors -- Peer Protective Factors -- SCHOOL DOMAIN -- School Risk Factors -- School Protective Factors -- COMMUNITY DOMAIN -- Community Risk Factors -- Community Protective Factors -- FAMILY DOMAIN -- Family Risk Factors -- Family Protective Factors -- FAMILIES AND AGGRESSIVE YOUTH -- Family-Based Treatment Options -- MULTISYSTEMIC THERAPY -- Brief strategic family therapy -- MULTIDIMENSIONAL FAMILY THERAPY (MDFT) -- Solution focused family therapy -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- SPORT AS A CURE FOR ADOLESCENT AGGRESSIVE, ANTISOCIAL, AND DELINQUENT BEHAVIORS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- Positive Effects of Sport Participation -- SPORT AS A CURE FOR HOSTILE AND ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIORS -- Programmatic Initiatives -- LIMITATIONS OF PAST RESEARCH AND GOALS FOR THE FUTURE -- WORKING WITH DELINQUENT AND NON-DELINQUENT ADOLESCENTS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- SOCIOMETRIC STATUS AND BULLYING: PEER RELATIONSHIPS, AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR, AND VICTIMIZATION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- Sociometry in the Classroom -- Neglected Social Status -- Rejected Social Status -- BULLYING -- Types of Bullying -- Characteristics of Bullies -- Short- and Long-Term Effects of Being a Bully -- Characteristics of Victims -- Short- and Long-Term Effects of Victimization -- Characteristics of Bully/Victims.

Short- and Long-Term Effects of Being Both a Bully and a Victim -- BULLYING USING RELATIONAL AGGRESSION -- THE SILENT MAJORITY -- IMPLICATIONS AND INTERVENTIONS FOR PRACTICE -- Sociometric Interventions in Empirical Research -- Example of a Sociometric Test and Action Methods Intervention -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- VIOLENT AND DELINQUENT YOUTHS: RELATIONSHIPS WITH INSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITIES AND COMPLIANCE WITH SOCIAL NORMS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- I. INSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITIES -- Experiences with Institutional Authorities -- Experience with Authorities and Cooperation with Authorities -- Experience with Authorities and Violence -- Experiences with Institutional Authorities Summary -- ATTITUDES TO AUTHORITY -- Attitude to Authorities and Cooperation with Authorities -- Attitudes to Authorities and Violence -- Attitudes to Authorities and Experiences with Authorities -- Attitudes to Authority Summary -- Summary of the Effects of Institutional Authority -- II. WARNING SIGNS -- Victimization -- Empathy -- Reputation -- Satisfaction with Life -- Summary of Warning Signs -- III. UNDERSTANDING COMPLIANCE: A THEORETICAL APPROACH -- IV. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION -- REFERENCES -- VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT PROGRAMMES FOR YOUNG OFFENDERS -- ABSTRACT -- DEFINING JUVENILE DELINQUENCY -- THE ROOTS OF JUVENILE AND ADULT OFFENDER TREATMENT -- THE UPSURGE OF MANUALIZED TREATMENT PROGRAMS -- THE DEVELOPMENTAL PERSPECTIVE OF YOUTH DELINQUENCY AND CRIME -- Age Related Risk Factors -- Offender Types -- PRINCIPLES OF EFFECTIVE (CORRECTIONAL) INTERVENTION -- CORE ELEMENTS OF BEST PRACTICE PROGRAMS -- BEST PRACTICE PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH AND ADULTS -- THE REASONING AND REHABILITATION PROGRAMME: AN EXAMPLE FOR A MANUALIZED BEST PRACTICE TREATMENT PROGRAM -- PROGRAMS BASED ON OTHER THAN COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL THEORY.

Mentalization Based Treatment (MBT -- Bateman & Fonagy, 2004) -- TREATMENT EFFECTS -- LIMITATIONS -- FINAL REMARKS -- REFERENCES -- BULLYING AND VICTIMIZATION EXPERIENCES AT SCHOOL, THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND CHILD SCHOOL PERFORMANCE: A LONGITUDINAL INVESTIGATION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- METHOD -- Participants -- Measures -- Data Analysis -- RESULTS -- Descriptive Statistics -- Growth Modeling -- Cross-Lagged Path Analysis -- DISCUSSION -- Transactional Findings -- Strengths, Limitations, and Future Directions -- REFERENCES -- PERSONAL AND INTERPERSONAL MEDIATORS LINKING ACCULTURATION STRESS TO AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR IN LATINO ADOLESCENTS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- Acculturation and Youth Violence -- Cultural Risk Factors, Assets, and Mediation Pathways -- METHOD -- Data Collection -- Sample -- Measures -- Data Analysis -- RESULTS -- Path Analysis -- DISCUSSION -- Acculturation and Aggression -- mplications for Practice -- Limitations -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CHILD-REARING PRACTICES AND DELINQUENCY IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- LONGITUDINAL STUDIES PREDICTING JUVENILE DELINQUENCY FROM CHILD-REARING PRACTICES -- INTERVENTION STUDIES SUGGESTING A CAUSAL ROLE OF CHILD-REARING PRACTICES IN ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR -- Reciprocal Parent-Child Effects in the Development of Antisocial Behaviour -- PATTERSON'S COERCION MODEL OF RECIPROCAL PARENT-CHILD EFFECTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR -- GENETIC MEDIATION OF CHILD-REARING EFFECTS ON JUVENILE DELINQUENCY -- DISCUSSION -- Theoretical Implications -- REFERENCES -- SHARKS & JETS VS. BLOODS & CRIPS: SOCIO-ECONOMICS, PREVENTION, AND INTERVENTION IN DIFFERENT ERAS OF GANG VIOLENCE -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- ECONOMICS AND DRUG MARKETS -- MODERN ERA GANG VIOLENCE -- CAREGIVERS AND THE SOCIO-ECONOMICS OF GANG AFFILIATION.

CONTRIBUTING AND MITIGATING FACTORS -- Parenting Style, Youth Social Skills, and Academic Performance -- SOCIAL INTERVENTIONS TO AVERT ANTI-SOCIAL PEER AFFILIATION -- EMERGENCE OF A THEORY OF SOCIAL ECOLOGY AND MULTISYSTEMIC INTERVENTIONS -- CRIME AND PUNISHMENT -- PRIMARY PREVENTION AND ECONOMICS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- THE MOTIVATIONAL INFLUENCE OF ATTITUDE, SUBJECTIVE NORM, PERCEIVED BEHAVIORAL CONTROL AND ANTICIPATED AFFECTIVE SELF-REACTIONS, ON BEHAVIORAL DECISION MAKING OF RE-OFFENDING -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- The Theory of Planned Behavior -- Affective Self-Reactions -- Purpose of the Study -- METHOD -- Participants -- Questionnaire -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- EXPLORING ISSUES ABOUT YOUTH GANGS IN CANADA -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- DEFINING YOUTH GANGS -- PREVELANCE OF YOUTH GANGS IN CANADA -- YOUTH GANG DEMOGRAPHICS -- WHY DO YOUTH JOIN GANGS? -- Baron (1989) States -- DEALING WITH THE YOUTH GANG ISSUE -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- RISK AND RESILIENCY AMONG JUVENILES AND YOUNG ADULTS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- Literature -- Demographics -- Purpose of the Study -- Instruments -- Research Questions -- The Study Population -- The Analysis -- The Findings -- The HEPFYA-R and LESY -- Subscales -- Total study population demographics -- Correlations -- Manova -- Discussion of the Findings -- Implications/Limitations -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- LEARNING FROM SUCCESS WITH AT RISK ADOLESCENTS -- ABSTRACT -- LEARNING FROM SUCCESS WITH AT RISK ADOLESCENTS -- At Risk Adolescents -- Interventions with at Risk Adolescents -- Sachlav Program -- How can We Determine What Works - Learning from Success -- METHOD -- Setting - Sachlav Project - The House on Haim Street (The "House") and the Sheltered Apartment -- Subjects -- Measures -- Procedure -- RESULTS -- Analyzing the Results -- Categories Derived -- 1. Past Behavior.

Anti-Social Behavior.