Deviant peer influences in programs for youth : problems and solutions

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Title:

Author:

Dodge, Kenneth A.

ISBN:

9781593852795

Publication Information:

New York ; London : Guilford, 2006.

Physical Description:

xv, 462 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series:

Duke series in child development and public policy

Series Title:

Duke series in child development and public policy

General Note:

Formerly CIP.

Contents:

The problem of deviant peer influences in intervention programs / Kenneth A. Dodge, Jennifer E. Lansford, and Thomas J. Dishion -- Deviant peer contagion in interventions and programs : an ecological framework for understanding influence mechanisms / Thomas J. Dishion and Kenneth A. Dodge -- Deviant peer effects : perspectives of an epidemiologist / James C. Anthony -- Assigning youths to minimize total harm / Philip J. Cook and Jens Ludwig -- Is deviant peer influence a problem and what can be done? : qualitative perspectives from four focus groups / Jennifer E. Lansford and Joel Rosch

Deviant peer group effects in youth mental health interventions / Kenneth A. Dodge and Michelle R. Sherrill -- Deviant peer effects in education / Wendy M. Reinke and Hill M. Walker -- Peer effects in juvenile justice / D. Wayne Osgood and Laine O'Neill Briddell -- The effects of community-based group treatment for delinquency : a meta-analytic search for cross-study generalizations / Mark W. Lipsey -- Peer effects in neighborhoods and housing / Jacob Vigdor -- Iatrogenic outcomes of the child welfare system : vulnerable adolescents, peer influences, and instability in foster care arrangement / Melvin N. Wilson and LaKeesha N. Woods

Peer effects in community programs / Jennifer E. Lansford -- Peer effects in naturally occurring groups : the case of street gangs / Malcolm W. Klein -- Research-based prevention programs and practices for delivery in schools that decrease the risk of deviant peer influence / Rebecca B. Silver and J. Mark Eddy -- Promising solutions in juvenile justice / Peter Greenwood -- Prevention approaches to improve child and adolescent behavior and reduce deviant peer influence / Emilie Phillips Smith, Jean E. Dumas, and Ron Prinz -- Promising solutions in housing and the community / Jens Ludwig and Greg Duncan

Creating a legal and organizational context for reducing peer influence / Joel Rosch and Cindy Lederman -- A functional contextualist framework for affecting peer influence practices / Anthony Biglan, Jeffrey Sprague, and Kevin J. Moore -- Findings and recommendations : a blueprint to minimize deviant peer influence in youth interventions and programs / Thomas J. Dishion, Kenneth A. Dodge, and Jennifer E. Lansford.

Subject Term:

Teenagers -- Services for -- United States.

Juvenile delinquency -- United States -- Prevention.

Peer pressure -- United States.

Added Author:

Dodge, Kenneth A.

Dishion, Thomas J., 1954-

Lansford, Jennifer E.

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Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip067/2006002011.html

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Summary

Most interventions for at-risk youth are group based. Yet, research indicates that young people often learn to become deviant by interacting with deviant peers. In this important volume, leading intervention and prevention experts from psychology, education, criminology, and related fields analyze how, and to what extent, programs that aggregate deviant youth actually promote problem behavior. A wealth of evidence is reviewed on deviant peer influences in such settings as therapy groups, alternative schools, boot camps, group homes, and juvenile justice facilities. Specific suggestions are offered for improving existing services, and promising alternative approaches are explored.