Schools and Delinquency

Klappentext Schools and Delinquency examines the role of the school in preventing delinquency. Zusammenfassung A comprehensive review and critique of the current research about the role of the school in preventing delinquency! substance use! drop-out! and truancy. Examining school-based prevention programs and practices for grades K-12! this 2001 book identifies a broad array of effective strategies for making schools safer and more productive environments. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. School's potential as a location for delinquency prevention; 2. School-related individual characteristics, attitudes, and experiences; 3. School effects; 4. Field studies of school-based prevention: overview; 5. Changing school and classroom environments: the field studies; 6. Changing student personality, attitudes, and beliefs: the field studies; 7. Lost in translation: why doesn't school-based prevention work as well as it should?; 8. Where do we go from here?

Product details

• Authors: Denise Gottfredson, Denise C. Gottfredson, Denise C. (University of Maryland Gottfredson, Gottfredson Denise C.
• Assisted by: Alfred Blumstein (Editor), David P. Farrington (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.11.2000
• EAN: 9780521626293
• ISBN: 978-0-521-62629-3
• No. of pages: 332
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Criminolo; Cambridge Studies in Criminology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, EDUCATION / Administration / General, Organization & management of education, Educational administration and organization, Causes & Prevention Of Crime, Causes and prevention of crime