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Direct linkDavis, Joseph Q. – Reclaiming Children and Youth: The Journal of Strength-based Interventions, 2006
Adults condemn violence but teach children to fight back. The message that aggression is legitimate causes grave harm to untold numbers of children and youth in our violent culture. Children are literally losing their lives trying to gain "respect" and preserve their "dignity." The author draws on extensive direct professional work with violent…
Descriptors: Violence, Aggression, Urban Youth, Ethics
Hardy, Kenneth V.; Laszloffy, Tracey A. – Guilford Publications, 2005
Offering a fresh perspective on treatment, this book presents an overarching framework and many specific strategies for working with violent youth and their families. The authors shed light on the complex interplay of individual, family, community, and societal forces that lead some adolescents to hurt others or themselves. Effective ways to…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Adolescents, Violence, Intervention
