Schools and Delinquency / Edition 1

by Denise C. Gottfredson

Overview

Schools 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521626293
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	11/20/2000
Series:	Cambridge Studies in Criminology
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	332
Product dimensions:	6.06(w) x 9.02(h) x 1.02(d)

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?

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'… 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

Editorial Reviews

'… 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

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