Saving Children from a Life of Crime: Early Risk Factors and Effective Interventions
Drawing from the latest evidence, Saving Children from a Life of Crime is the first book to assess the early causes of offending and what works best to prevent it. After decades of rigorous study in the United States and across the Western world, a great deal is known about the early risk factors for offending and the effectiveness of programs designed to prevent children from embarking on a life of crime. Criminologists David P. Farrington and Brandon C. Welsh outline a policy strategy-early prevention-that uses this current research knowledge and brings into sharper focus what America's national crime-fighting priority ought to be. Preschool intellectual enrichment, child skills training, parent management training, and home visiting programs are among the most effective early prevention programs. At a time when America's unacceptable crime levels, rising criminal justice costs, and a punitive crime policy have spurred a growing interest in the early prevention of delinquency, Farrington and Welsh here lay the groundwork for change with a comprehensive national prevention strategy to save children from a life of crime.
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Saving Children from a Life of Crime: Early Risk Factors and Effective Interventions
Drawing from the latest evidence, Saving Children from a Life of Crime is the first book to assess the early causes of offending and what works best to prevent it. After decades of rigorous study in the United States and across the Western world, a great deal is known about the early risk factors for offending and the effectiveness of programs designed to prevent children from embarking on a life of crime. Criminologists David P. Farrington and Brandon C. Welsh outline a policy strategy-early prevention-that uses this current research knowledge and brings into sharper focus what America's national crime-fighting priority ought to be. Preschool intellectual enrichment, child skills training, parent management training, and home visiting programs are among the most effective early prevention programs. At a time when America's unacceptable crime levels, rising criminal justice costs, and a punitive crime policy have spurred a growing interest in the early prevention of delinquency, Farrington and Welsh here lay the groundwork for change with a comprehensive national prevention strategy to save children from a life of crime.
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Saving Children from a Life of Crime: Early Risk Factors and Effective Interventions
Saving Children from a Life of Crime: Early Risk Factors and Effective Interventions
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780199719624 |
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Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Publication date: | 02/29/2000 |
Series: | Studies in Crime and Public Policy Series |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | eBook |
File size: | 564 KB |
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