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Murder is no accident : understanding and preventing youth violence in America

Author: Deborah Prothrow-Stith; Howard R Spivak
Publisher: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, ©2004.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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Publisher's description: Authors Deborah Prothrow-Stith and Howard R. Spivak-- two prominent Boston-area public health officials who played leading roles in that city's turnaround-- show that the key to Boston's success was creating an interdisciplinary citywide movement. The city's movement-- made up of educators, community leaders, police officers, emergency room workers, activist teens, teen and family member  Read more...
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Prothrow-Stith, Deborah, 1954-
Murder is no accident.
San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2004
(OCoLC)648522357
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Deborah Prothrow-Stith; Howard R Spivak
ISBN: 078796980X 9780787969806
OCLC Number: 52258327
Description: vi, 279 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Shocked America: the epidemic spreads --
Who are we? --
What do we know and how do we know it --
Understanding risk and resiliency --
Guns: escalating the consequences --
It's the television, stupid --
The demonization of youth --
Girls and violence: "The Rambettes" --
Violence at home --
Violence is preventable --
The movement grows --
There is no one model --
The system is part of the problem --
Going into the future.
Responsibility: Deborah Prothrow-Stith, Howard R. Spivak.
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Publisher's description: Authors Deborah Prothrow-Stith and Howard R. Spivak-- two prominent Boston-area public health officials who played leading roles in that city's turnaround-- show that the key to Boston's success was creating an interdisciplinary citywide movement. The city's movement-- made up of educators, community leaders, police officers, emergency room workers, activist teens, teen and family member survivors of violence, and many others-- worked for more than ten years to implement multifaceted preventive programs that confronted each risk factor for youth violence, including Positive Role Models: Peer mentoring and teacher-training programs Healthy and Safe Communities: Youth centers, after-school programs, and other organized recreational activities Poverty: Economic stimulus policies to help reduce poverty in inner-city and rural areas Pro-Social Behaviors: Conflict resolution and violence prevention curricula in schools Domestic Violence: Home visitation programs and screening to protect kids from domestic violence Gun Buybacks: Reduction in the number of firearms on the streets.

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