Part I: Background
Chapter 1. An Introduction to Youth Violence
Chapter 2. What We Know about the Nature and Causes of Youth Violence
Chapter 3. What We Know about Preventing Violence What We Know about Preventing Violence What We Know about Preventing Violence
Chapter 4. Public Policy Approaches to Youth Violence Prevention
Part II: Single-Sector Interventions
Chapter 5. Addressing Aggression in Singapore Youths: An Evidence-Based Case Example
Chapter 6. The CeaseFire Method Applied to Iraq: Changing Thinking and Reducing Violence
Chapter 7. The Kingston Y8482; Youth Development Program: An Effective Antiviolence Intervention for Inner-City Youth in Jamaica
Chapter 8. No School Left Behind: Merging Israel8217;s National Academic and School Safety Monitoring System and Matching Data-Driven Interventions for Each School
Chapter 9. Community-Based Restorative Justice in Northern Ireland
Chapter 10. The Groblershoop Youth Resilience to Violence Project
Part III: Multisector Interventions
Chapter 11. Nothing Stops a Bullet Like a Job: Homeboy Industries Gang Prevention and Intervention in Los Angeles
Chapter 12. Youth Violence Prevention around the World: The YouthBuild Case Study
Chapter 13. Reducing Alcohol-Related Youth Violence in Australia through Community Action and Multisectoral Collaboration: The Safety Action Project
Chapter 14. Youth Violence Prevention in Canada: Exemplary, Collaborative, and Evidence-Based Efforts
Chapter 15. Tambou Lap232; (Drums for Peace): A Positive Experience for Young People Previously Involved in Armed Violenc
Chapter 16. Latin America and Caribbean Experience in Urban Youth Violence Prevention: Citizen Security and Regional Responses
Chapter 17. Preventing Youth Violence in a Community Mental Health Clinic Working with Child Welfare
Chapter 18. Reducing Youth Violence: Central American Coalition for the Prevention of Youth Violence
Part IV: Conclusion
Chapter 19. Putting Violence Prevention Efforts in Perspective
Index
About the Editors and Contributors.