Beschreibung:
This book examines how protective and risk factors associated with two distinct types of youth violence-exposure to and engagement in violence-are nested within four layers of the ecological framework: community, family, peers, and youth characteristics.
Preface; 1. Understanding the two types of violence; 2. Ecological framework and theoretical perspectives of youth violence; 3. Community; 4. Family; 5. Peers and school; 6. Youth characteristics and the individual; 7. Applicability of routine activity theory/lifestyles perspective to youth violence