Preventing Youth Violence

by Raymond B. Flannery Jr.

Book Overview

What motivates children to commit violent crime? How might society be responsible? Are some children and teens biologically prone to violent behavior? In this reader-friendly, jargon-free book, Dr.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826412955
• ISBN13: 9780826412959
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Preventing Youth Violence

I found this book to be extremely helpful and precisely what I was looking for. Like everyone else these days, I have far too little time and too much to do. I needed a book on troubled kids that was clearly written, easy to follow, and to the point. Preventing Youth Violence filled the bill perfectly. Dr. Flannery has obviously spent a lot of time doing a thorough review of the professional literature about troubled children. But he does not write in jargon. His work is very accessible to a nonprofessional like myself. He writes clearly and summarizes very well the various warning signs that kids give us. He helps me to understand the types of hurts that children experience and how these hurts can result in anger, depression, and sometimes escalate into violence. The author not only discusses the problems, but goes into solutions, giving concise steps on how to begin helping individual kids. Working within his general outline, I can go at my own pace and think through the complexities of reaching out to these children.I like this book because it is well researched, with a wealth of medical and scientific information that is presented in a nontechnical way. I also like his use of tables and charts. The text and tables complement each other well and I found them useful. If you are concerned with the violence in kids that is becoming more and more of a problem and are looking for steps you can take, consider taking a look at this book.

Highly Recommended for the general reader

I found Preventing Youth Violence to be a really helpful book. I am neither a teacher, parent, nor counselor, but my work in the service sector brings me in contact with children and teenagers after school and I have been able to use Dr. Flannery's continuum of warning signs to identify troubled kids. I find Dr. Flannery's discussion of the nature and components of caring attachments (pgs. 54-60 in the paperback edition) to be easily understood. I now have a clear understanding of attachments and have been able to put this information to use in reaching out to kids and in reducing the rowdiness and loneliness that some bring to my worksite. I can see why Library Journal highly recommended this book for the general reader like myself.