Parents'' Perspective - Delinquency, Aggression and Mental Health

Originally published in 1995, this book describes and analyzes the way urban parents view the problems of their adolescent children, and the way they have tried to cope with and seek help for them. Based on the study of parents, the book sheds light on the types of problems experienced by adolescents in communities throughout the country.

List of contents

Preface. Part I: The Problems 1. Overview 2. Past Research 3. Understanding the Problems 4. Explaining the Problems Part II: Third-Party Help-Seeking 5. Seeking Help 6. Becoming Clients 7. Utilizing Services 8. Whose Responsibility? 9. Implications for Policy and Services. Bibliography. Appendix A: Essex County Youth Study. Appendix B: Scoring the Achenbach Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL). Appendix C: Factor Analysis Results. Index.

About the author

Paul Lerman and Kathleen J. Pottick

Summary

Originally published in 1995, this book describes and analyzes the way urban parents view the problems of their adolescent children, and the way they have tried to cope with and seek help for them. Based on the study of parents, the book sheds light on the types of problems experienced by adolescents in communities throughout the country.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Lerman, Paul Pottick Lerman, Lerman Paul, Kathleen J. Pottick, Pottick Kathleen J.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.08.2024
• EAN: 9781032795744
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3279574-4
• No. of pages: 302
• Series: Psychology Library Editions: Aggression
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; MEDICAL / Public Health, MEDICAL / Mental Health, PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Personal & public health, Psychotherapy, Mental health services, Social, group or collective psychology, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Personal and public health / health education