Youth, violence, and social disintegration by Heitmeyer, Wilhelm; Legge, Sandra instant download

Youth, violence, and social disintegration by Heitmeyer, Wilhelm; Legge, Sandra instant download

212 pages : 23 cm, \"How and why do people become perpetrators and victims of violence? In youth violence, what roles are played by public spaces, the institutional context, socialization processes, religion and other kinds of ideologies, and, more generally, the experience of social disintegration? Are there global commonalities with regard to programs for preventing and intervening in youth crime? A look at the global trends of youth crime and violence and the development of social conditions for young people worldwide shows the importance of finding answers to these questions. This volume of New Directions for Youth Development examines violent behavior and addresses these questions in an international context.\"--Jacket, \"Fall 2008.\", Includes bibliographical references and index