Prevention and youth crime : : Is early intervention working? / / ed. by Maggie Blyth, Enver Solomon.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-1995
• MitwirkendeR: Allen, Rob,; Atkinson, Maggie,; Blyth, Maggie,; Clarke, Karen,; Goldson, Barry,; Nixon, Judy,; Parr, Sadie,; Pitts, John,; Solomon, Enver,; Williamson, Howard,; de Zulueta, Felicity,
• HerausgeberIn: Blyth, Maggie,; Solomon, Enver,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2008]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Series: Researching Criminal Justice
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (136 p.)
• Other title: Front Matter --; Contents --; Foreword --; Acknowledgements --; List of abbreviations --; Notes on contributors --; Introduction --; Integrated or targeted youth support services: an essay on ‘prevention’ --; Intervening in gang-affected neighbourhoods --; Family intervention projects and the efficacy of parenting interventions --; Early intervention and prevention: lessons from the Sure Start programme --; Attachment research and the origins of violence: a story of damaged brains and damaged minds --; Early intervention in the youth justice sphere: a knowledge-based critique --; European perspectives on prevention --; Conclusion
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781847422644; 9783111196213
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Maggie Blyth, Enver Solomon.

The 2008 UK government Youth Crime Action Plan emphasises prevention and early intervention in different aspects of work with young people who offend or are considered to be 'at risk' of offending. Much of this approach includes targeted work with families and work to reduce the numbers of young people entering the youth justice system. This report takes a critical look at early intervention policies. Through contributions from leading experts on youth work and criminal justice it considers the development of integrated and targeted youth support services and the implications for practice of early intervention policies; analyses the causes of serious violent crime through consideration of issues that address gangs and guns; provides an evaluation of the government's early intervention strategy through the examination of its Sure Start programme and other family initiatives; identifies the psychobiological effects of violence on children and links them to problem behaviour; considers the impacts of family intervention projects and parenting work and compares approaches to early intervention across different jurisdictions and examines the lessons for practice in England and Wales.