Research Catalog

Title

Children in a violent society / edited by Joy D. Osofsky ; foreword by Peter Scharf.

Publication

New York : Guilford Press, c1997.

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Additional Authors

Osofsky, Joy D.

Description

xiv, 338 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

"Emphasizing the need for early intervention and prevention, this timely book examines the impact of violence exposure on children and youth, discusses several existing programs, and proposes new approaches to the problem." "Recommending crucial steps to stem the tide of violence and enhance the safety of future generations, this volume will be of interest to mental health practitioners, developmental researchers, sociologists, educators, law enforcement personnel, and policy makers."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Child
• Child Abuse
• Child Abuse > prevention & control
• Child Development
• Children > Crimes against > United States
• Children > Prevention. > United States
• Children and violence > United States
• City children > United States
• Crime Victims > psychology
• Mass Media
• Psychology, Child
• United States
• Urban Health
• Victims of crimes > Services for > United States
• Violence

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Children and youth violence : an overview of the issues / Joy D. Osofsky -- Exposure and response to community violence among children and adolescents / Esther J. Jenkins, Carl C. Bell -- What children can tell us about living in a war zone / James Garbarino, Kathleen Kostelny -- Firearm injuries affecting U.S. children and adolescents / Katherine Kaufer Christoffel -- Media violence and youth / John P. Murray -- The experience and effects of violence in infancy / Charles H. Zeanah, Michael S. Scheeringa -- Incubated in terror : neurodevelopmental factors in the "cycle of violence" / Bruce D.
• Perry -- The development of violence and crime as it relates to security of attachment / Peter Fonagy ... [et al.] -- Interventions with parents and caregivers of children who are exposed to violence / Betsy McAlister Groves, Barry Zuckerman -- Experiencing violence in a developmental context / Steven Marans, Anne Adelman -- The trauma/grief-focused group psychotherapy module of an elementary school-based violence prevention/intervention program / Lisa Murphy, Robert S. Pynoos, C. Boyd James - - The Violence Intervention Project for Children and Families / Joy D.
• Osofsky -- Perceptions of violence : children, parents, and police officers / Ana C. Fick, Joy D. Osofsky, Marva L. Lewis -- Violent cities, violent streets : children draw their neighborhoods / Marva L. Lewis, Joy D. Osofsky, Mary Sue Moore -- Cops and kids : issues for community policing / Pamela Jenkins ... [et al.] -- Prevention and policy : directions for the future / Joy D. Osofsky.

ISBN

157230183X

LCCN

^^^97001893^

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library