Prevention and youth crime : is early intervention working? /

The 2008 UK government Youth Crime Action Plan emphasises prevention and early intervention in different aspects of work with young people who offend or are considered to be 'at risk' of offending. Much of this approach includes targeted work with families and work to reduce the numbers of...

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Other Authors: Blyth, Maggie (Editor), Solomon, Enver (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bristol, UK ; Portland OR. : Policy Pr., 2009.
Series:Researching criminal justice series.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Integrated or targeted youth support services : an essay on prevention / Howard Williamson
  • Intervening in gang-affected neighborhoods / John Pitts
  • Family intervention projects and the efficacy parenting interventions / Judy Nixon and Sadie Parr
  • Early intervention and prevention : lessons from the Sure Start programme / Karen Clarke
  • Attachment research and the origins of violence : a story of damaged brains and damaged minds / Felicity de Zulueta
  • Early intervention in the youth justice sphere : a knowledge-based critique / Barry Goldson
  • European perspectives on prevention / Rob Allen.