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Families, Schools, and Delinquency Prevention

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  • © 1987

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Editors:
  1. James Q. Wilson

    1. Graduate School of Management, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA

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  2. Glenn C. Loury

    1. John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  4. Promising Interventions: Preschool and School Programs

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 133-133
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    2. Can Preschool Programs Help Prevent Delinquency?

      • Lawrence J. Schweinhart
      Pages 135-153

    3. The Implications of Early Intervention Efforts for the Primary Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency

      • Edward Zigler, Nancy W. Hall
      Pages 154-185

    4. Delinquency Prevention Through Parent Training: Results and Issues from Work in Progress

      • J. David Hawkins, Richard F. Catalano, Gwen Jones, David Fine
      Pages 186-204

  5. The Family and Public Policy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 205-205
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    2. Giving the Juvenile Court a Preschool Education

      • Douglas J. Besharov
      Pages 207-238

    3. The Federal Government and the Family

      • Leslie Lenkowsky
      Pages 239-256

    4. Delinquency Prevention and Labeling

      • Charles F. Wellford
      Pages 257-267

    5. Multiproblem Families and the Community

      • Brigitte Berger
      Pages 268-288

  6. Conclusion

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 289-289
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    2. Strategic Opportunities for Delinquency Prevention

      • James Q. Wilson
      Pages 291-311

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 313-340
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Are there ways to intervene early in a child's life that might reduce, at a reasonable cost, the probability of his becoming a serious delinquent? The results of some small-scale social experiments have been published suggesting that certain kinds of preschool education and parent training might have desirable and lasting effects. In addition, there is growing evidence that some kinds of medical intervention and certain forms of school organization and ethos could help reduce the rate of misconduct. The authors provide a full-scale assessment of the evidence that might lead to the design of new research and action efforts.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Graduate School of Management, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA

    James Q. Wilson

  • John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

    Glenn C. Loury

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Families, Schools, and Delinquency Prevention

  • Editors: James Q. Wilson, Glenn C. Loury

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-7029-5

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1987

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4615-7031-8Published: 21 January 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-7029-5Published: 09 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 340

  • Topics: Political Science, Social Work, Psychiatry, Psychology, general

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