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Youth, violence, and social disintegration / Wilhelm Heitmeyer, Sandra Legge, issue editors.

Other author/creatorHeitmeyer, Wilhelm.
Other author/creatorLegge, Sandra.
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoSan Francisco : Jossey-Bass/Wiley, ©2008.
Description212 pages : charts ; 23 cm.
Subject(s)
Series New directions for youth development ; no. 119
New directions for youth development no. 119. ^A654597
Contents Youth and violence: phenomena and international data / Sandra Legge -- Disintegration, recognition, and violence: a theoretical perspective / Wilhelm Heitmeyer, Reinmund Anhut -- Violence in street culture: cross-cultural comparison of youth groups and criminal gangs / Steffen Zdun -- The French republican model of integration: the theory of cohesion and the practice of exclusion / Marco Oberti -- Fears of violence among English young people: disintegration theory and British social policy / Tom Cockburn -- Violence in the Brazilian favelas and the role of the police / Clarissa Huguet, Ilona Szabo de Carvalho -- Recognition denial, need for autonomy, and youth violence / Timothy Brezina -- Social identity and violence among immigrant adolescents / Gustavo S. Mesch, Hagit Turjeman, Gideon Fishman -- Disintegration and violence among migrants in Germany: Turkish and Russian youths versus German youths / Dirk Baier, Christian Pfeiffer -- Right-wing extremist violence among adolescents in Germany / Peter Sitzer, Wilhelm Heitmeyer -- The role of social work in the context of social disintegration and violence / Kurt Moller.
General note"Fall 2008".
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Other formsAlso issued online.
ISBN9780470424094 (pbk.)
ISBN0470424095 (pbk.)

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