The Context of Youth Violence: Resilience, Risk, and Protection

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Leading scholars summarize the current research on risk, protection, and resilience in the context of youth violence and its implications for practice with children and families. It describes an emerging framework for understanding social and health problems and for developing more effective programs for interventions. This book describes resilient children by examining risk factors for violence and explores the factors that lead some children to resist or adapt to risk. The concept of resilience has been applied to family, school, neighborhood, and organizational contexts. Educational, family, and community resilience are used as the framework to describe social systems that possess risk factors. By understanding why some systems with risk factors are adaptable, information for assessment can be applied to service plans, that will be more effective in treating children at risk of antisocial, aggressive behavior.

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This book provides a sense of direction and a vision for future social work research and practice. It will provide a useful point of discussion for practitioners, practice teachers, and researchers alike. For social work it offers a timely opportunity for course correction.-Social Service Review
"This book provides a sense of direction and a vision for future social work research and practice. It will provide a useful point of discussion for practitioners, practice teachers, and researchers alike. For social work it offers a timely opportunity for course correction."-Social Service Review

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JACK M. RICHMAN is Professor of Social Work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill./e MARK W. FRASER is the John A. Tate Distinguished Professor for Children in Need at the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill./e