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What are the types of environments in which youth thrive? How do we cultivate such environments to promote optimal development and positive behavior in youth? The Youth Development Handbook: Coming of Age in American Communities provides youth and development practitioners access to current theory and research in the field of youth development, including illustrations of good practice, original case studies, and a contextual approach to such topics as youth participation and diversity. The Youth Development Handbook is designed for scholars and researchers in applied developmental science as well as practitioners and policy makers who implement youth development initiatives. The book is also recommended for use in graduate courses on youth development in the fields of Psychology, Human Development & Family Studies, and Education.
Bridging Juvenile Justice and Positive Youth Development
Bridging Juvenile Justice and Positive Youth Development
Placing juvenile justice and positive youth development in the same sentence is somewhat like mixing oil and water. The reader may recognize each of these concepts individually but have great difficulty imagining how they could be merged into an integrated whole. On one hand, the juvenile justice system embodies the tension between criminal justice and child welfare, seeking to address youthful misbehavior with a combination of punishment and rehabilitation. On the other hand, positive youth development advocates seek nothing less than a transformation of public consciousness and resource commitments, from a concern with preventing and treating youth problems to a comprehensive approach providing supports and opportunities enabling all children to develop ...
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