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Author : Cynthia L. Pierre
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Download or read book Community violence exposure among urban African American males written by Cynthia L. Pierre and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rashall M. Brackney-Wheelock
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Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Resiliency, Resistance, and Resignation written by Rashall M. Brackney-Wheelock and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study was explored the adaptive and maladative resiliency traits of four, African-America adolescent males living in a chronically violent, southwestern Pennsylvania neighborhood.
Author : Rebecca J. Moss
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Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (449 download)
Download or read book Exposure to Community Violence and Sexual Risk-taking Among Urban, African-American Youth written by Rebecca J. Moss and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nicole L. Cammack
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Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (861 download)
Download or read book The Role of Crime, Community Violence Exposure, and Perceived Neighbhorhood Violence in the Development of Conduct Problems Among African American Youth written by Nicole L. Cammack and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: African American youth are disproportionately located in neighborhoods characterized by crime and are at an increased risk for exposure to community violence and perceiving their neighborhoods to be violent. Each of these three experiences with violence has been linked with conduct problems. However, methodological problems in the existing literature limit our ability to understand whether these three types of violence differentially affect the development of adolescent conduct problems and if so, what the relative effects of these experiences with violence are. In addition, research has not examined whether the more proximal experiences with violence (i.e., community violence exposure and perceived neighborhood violence) are more useful for explaining the development of conduct problems that more distal experiences such as neighborhood crime. To address these issues, the present study examined whether neighborhood crime, community violence exposure, and perceived neighborhood violence differentially predicted youth conduct problems. Participants were an epidemiologically-defined community sample of 585 African American adolescents (53.2% male) assessed at regular intervals from elementary school through adolescence. Results revealed that each experience with violence was differentially associated with youth conduct problems, with varied effects for males and females. Understanding the effects of neighborhood crime, community violence exposure, and perceived neighborhood violence on the development of conduct problems is an initial step in the development of contextually-relevant interventions to promote healthy developmental outcomes in urban adolescents.
Author : Halaevalu F.O. Vakalahi, PhD
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 0826130755
Total Pages : 485 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (261 download)
Download or read book Social Work Practice with African Americans in Urban Environments written by Halaevalu F.O. Vakalahi, PhD and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2015-09-08 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The experiences of African Americans in urban communities are distinct from those of other ethnic groups, and to be truly understood require an in-depth appreciation of the interface between micro- and macro-level factors. This sweeping text, an outgrowth of a groundbreaking urban social work curriculum, focuses exclusively on the African-American experience through field education, community engagement, and practice. It presents a framework for urban social work practice that encompasses a deep understanding of the challenges faced by this community. From a perspective based on empowerment, strengths, and resilience; cultural competence; and multi-culturalism; the book delivers proven strategies for social work practice with the urban African-American population. It facilities the development of creative thinking skills and the ability to ìmeet people where they are,î skills that are often necessary for true transformation to take root. The book describes an overarching framework for understanding and practicing urban social work, including definitions and theories that have critical implications for working with people in such communities. It encompasses the contributions of African American pioneers regarding a response to such challenges as poverty, oppression, and racism. Focusing on the theory, practice, and policy aspects of urban social work, the book examines specific subsets of the urban African-American population including children, adults, families and older adults. It addresses the challenges of urban social work in relation to public health, health, and mental health; substance abuse; criminal justice; and violence prevention. Additionally, the book discusses how to navigate the urban built environment and the intersection between African Americans and other diverse groups. Chapters include outcome measures of effectiveness, case studies, review questions, suggested activities, and supplemental readings. Key Features: Fills a void in the literature on urban social work practice with African Americans Presents the outgrowth of a renowned urban curriculum, field education, research, community engagement, and practice Fulfills the requirements of the CSWE in the Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards regarding diversity Synthesizes micro, mezzo, and macro content in each chapter Provides contributions from African-American pioneers in urban social work practice
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Download or read book Exploring the Role that Religiosity And/or Spirituality Plays in the Appraisal and Coping Processes of Low-income, African American, Adolescent Males who Have Been Exposed to Community Violence written by and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Community violence exposure comes in many forms--including direct exposure, indirect witnessing and hearing stories shared among the community. This dissertation is a study that raises questions about the level of exposure to community violence experienced--specifically, among low-income, urban, African American, adolescent males within the United States. Numerous stressors impact the lives African American males, especially those who are living in communities that have high levels of violence. Interventions provided in schools and in community agencies (e.g., recreational facilities) may provide some form of respite from community violence. However, gang activity, aggression, decreased academic performance and concerns with conduct are salient within African American sub-culture, despite best efforts within the community. The exploration of resilience factors that may moderate the impact of violence exposure on African American youth, has received far less research attention. Knowledge of factors that promote adaptation among Black, urban youth is necessary for the targeting of those at risk for negative behavioral and psychological sequelae as a result of their exposure to violence. Two, well-known components of African American culture and identity--spirituality and religiosity--have operated as individual and collective sources of refuge, purpose, forgiveness, hope, and liberation. As a result, a way to possibly address the epidemic of adolescent, African American exposure to community violence is through focused exploration of the role spirituality and religiosity could potentially serve in African American communities. To capture often-unheard thoughts and feelings of young, African American men and the unique challenges they face in their particular sociocultural environment, the study sampled seven, adolescent, African American males between the ages of 14 and 16 who were from a large, Midwestern city. The results supported the notion that African American, male adolescents frequently experience pervasive, negative exposure to violence within their communities, which can impact building and maintaining interpersonal relationships and personal self-efficacy. As a result, a sense of safety is a critically essential component required for change to occur in these communities. These findings do not intend to generalize across all adolescent, African American male experiences, but rather provide a richer understanding of the participant's lived experienced.
Author : Linda M. Burton
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319438476
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (194 download)
Download or read book Boys and Men in African American Families written by Linda M. Burton and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-09 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This important volume takes a life course approach in sharing empirical insights on the family experiences of African American males in socioeconomic and political contexts. Representing fields ranging from developmental psychology to public health and sociology to education, chapters identify challenges facing black men and boys in the U.S., as well as family and community sources of support and resilience. Survey findings and exemplar case studies illustrate stressors and risk factors uniquely affecting African American communities, and tailored prevention and intervention strategies are described at the personal, family, and societal levels. These interdisciplinary perspectives not only encourage additional research, but inspire the continued development of appropriate interventions, relevant practice, and equitable policy. Included in the coverage: • The adjustment and development of African American males: Conceptual frameworks and emerging research opportunities. • A trauma-informed approach to affirming the humanity of African American boys and supporting healthy transitions to manhood. • Humanizing developmental science to promote positive development of young men of color. • Families, prisoner reentry, and reintegration. • Safe spaces for vulnerability: New perspectives on African Americans who struggle to be good fathers. • They can’t breathe: Why neighborhoods matter for the health of African American men and boys. Promoting diversity in the research agenda to reflect a diverse population, Boys and Men in African American Families is an invaluable reference for research professionals particularly interested in sociology, public policy, anthropology, urban and rural studies, and African American studies. Survey and ethnographic studies of poverty, inequality, family processes, and child, adolescent, and adult health and development are featured.
Author : Wesley E. Pullman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136519513
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (365 download)
Download or read book African American Men in Crisis written by Wesley E. Pullman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-10-12 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The challenges and obstacles to full participation of African American men in the mainstream economic and social structure of American life is rapidly becoming an area of public debate. The essential rationale for this work is that there is a need to clarify the basic issues and to achieve a better understanding of the obstacles facing young black men in our society. This study is designed to enhance current knowledge and understanding of how different people in urban communities are attempting to address the needs of young black men. Its purpose is to further academic understanding and knowledge about community based male socialization programs for black inner city youth.
Author : Rafael Outland
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Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (1 download)
Download or read book The Meanings and Experiences of Violence Among Urban African-American Adolescent Males written by Rafael Outland and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This dissertation study utilized a qualitative in-depth interview strategy using phenomenological approaches. Specifically, phenomenological interviews and a focus group were used to explore the meanings and experiences of violence among urban African-American adolescent males (UAAM) who reside in low-income urban communities. The goal of this study was to understand how UAAM's experiences shaped their perspectives toward violence. The sample population consisted of nine African-American adolescent males who resided in low-income urban neighborhoods in Rochester, New York, and possessed past histories and experiences of violence. Specifically, while most participants possessed histories and experiences of violence as victims, some participants possessed histories and experiences as both victims and perpetrators of violence. A grounded theory approach was used to analyze data collected in order to understand and make meaning of UAAM's experiences and perceptions of violence. Findings from this study produced various structural and textural interpretations regarding UAAM's experiences and perceptions of violence, which were related to the following themes: Family Ties: Intergenerational Links of Incarceration; Friendships as a Major Source for Survival; Schools as Prisons; Symbolic Meaning of Violence; Urban Real Models; Experimenting with Social Identities: Physical Relocation; and Teen Empowerment: A Collective Voice of Resistance. This study revealed that the meanings UAAM associate with their past histories of violence are not merely a result of single isolated events, but the outcomes of cumulative experiences of re-occurring violence that exist primarily in their schools and communities."--Page vi.
Author : Edwin R Gerler, Jr
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136401687
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (364 download)
Download or read book Handbook of School Violence written by Edwin R Gerler, Jr and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-04-03 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your school must be prepared to face problems that range from name calling and bullying to extortion, rape, and homicide. Decrease the chances of tragedy and learn how to respond most effectively! This essential handbook explores the causes of school violence, presents state-of-the-art information on preventing school violence, and arms you with practical interventions to use when violent incidents occur. You’ll also learn about the best Internet sites on school violence issues. This bookprepared by the editor of the Journal of School Violencecan help you decrease the chances of tragedy. It will also show you how to respond effectively when violence does occur. Part I: Causes of School Violence focuses on the ways that connectedness and identification with academics influence school violence. This section presents a framework for creating developmental interventions as well as a chapter examining the concept of bonding to school, with two interesting scenarios to consider. Part II: Prevention of School Violence examines the effectiveness of interventions in use today and brings you important information on threat assessment, peer mediation, and weapons reduction. You’ll also find an insightful chapter on the value of developing empathy and good communication with youth who are gang members. Part III: Interventions in Cases of School Violence provides you with effective strategies to address the consequences of crisis events and takes an incisive look at crisis events themselves, what they are, how they progress, and what you may encounter in their aftermath. In addition, you get an invaluable inside look at crisis intervention and support services in the aftermath of the 2001 Santana High School shootings in San Diego, California. With your purchase of this essential handbook, you’ll also be kept up to date by the author’s new Internet foruma space where scholars and practitioners from around the world come together to create new strategies for school violence prevention and intervention and develop new online and print publications that address school violence. When I was like 11, I was hanging out. I used to go to a middle school. It was for bad people, only bad people go there. It's a school just for bad people that had gotten kicked out of school. And I had got kicked out of my school cause they found me with a gun. The Handbook of School Violence brings together many voicesthose of violent youngsters and the helpers who provide the care they needthose of students who feel no connection with their families or with their work at schoolthose of the professionals who strive to prevent these students from acting on their feelings of alienation in violent waysand those of scholars who create theory and research, laying the foundation for prevention and intervention. Add this book to your collection, and you’ll benefit from the contributions of this rich chorus of voices. And through the Internet forum, the chorus can add a new voiceyours. Visit the Handbook of School Violence Web site at http://genesislight.com/hsv%20files/about.html
Author : Joy D. Osofsky
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (161 download)
Download or read book Violence and Trauma in the Lives of Children written by Joy D. Osofsky and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2018-08-09 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains the neurological, emotional, and behavioral impacts of violence and trauma experienced by newborns, infants, children, and teenagers. Traumatic events known as adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) can affect children physically, mentally, and emotionally, sometimes with long-term health and behavioral effects. Abuse, neglect, exposure to community and domestic violence, and household dysfunction all have the potential to alter brain development and behavior, but few people are able to recognize or respond to trauma in children. Given the prevalence of childhood exposure to violence—with one in four children ages 5 to 15 living in households with only moderate levels of safety and nurturance and infants and children ages 0 to 3 comprising the highest percentage of those maltreated—it is imperative that students and professionals alike be able to identify types and consequences of violence and trauma. This book provides readers with the information they need in order to know how to detect and prevent ACEs and to help children who have lived through them.
Author : Penelope K. Trickett
Publisher : Amer Psychological Assn
ISBN 13 : 9781557984807
Total Pages : 511 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (848 download)
Download or read book Violence Against Children in the Family and the Community written by Penelope K. Trickett and published by Amer Psychological Assn. This book was released on 1998 with total page 511 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children in the United States experience violence in many forms. They are the victims of physical and sexual abuse within their families, they witness battering of and by their parents, and they experience or witness violence in their schools and communities. Poor children are especially at risk for experiencing these forms of violence. Recently, considerable research has accumulated documenting the psychological impact of such violence on children's development. This book brings together in one volume the latest findings from researchers on violence, with the aim of integrating findings and pointing out gaps in our knowledge that future research will need to address. The book also describes promising interventions that have helped children already damaged by violence and suggests strategies for preventing violence before it occurs. The book is divided into five sections that cover developmental consequences, causes, interventions, prevention, and future research and public policy issues. This volume will be a resource for developmental psychologists, violence researchers, social workers, and policy makers.
Author : Suzanna So
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Download or read book Examining the effects of coping strategies specific to community violence exposure among African American adolescents written by Suzanna So and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Waldo E. Johnson Jr.
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190295449
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (92 download)
Download or read book Social Work With African American Males written by Waldo E. Johnson Jr. and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-05-26 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: African American males have never fared as poorly as they do currently on a number of social indicators. They are less likely to complete high school than their white male and female or African American female peers, they are more likely to exhibit depressive symptoms, and they have fewer sanctioned coping strategies. Arguably, no other group in American society has been more maligned, regularly faced with tremendous odds that uniquely threaten their existence. When they do receive education, mental health, and physical health services, it is often in correctional settings. They are marginalized in public policies on secondary and higher education attainment, marriage and parental expectations, public welfare, health, housing, and community development. Yet they remain overlooked in health and social science research and are stereotyped in the popular media. Taking a step back from the traditionally myopic view of African American males as criminals and hustlers, this groundbreaking book provides a more nuanced and realistic portrait of their experiences in the world. Chapter authors, both established and emerging scholars of social problems relevant to African Americans, offer a comprehensive overview of the social and economic data on black males to date and the significant issues that affect them from adolescence to adulthood. Via in-depth qualitiative interviews as well as comprehensive surveys and data sets, their physical, mental, and spiritual health and emerging family roles are considered within both individual and communal contexts. Chapters cover health issues such as HIV and depression; fatherhood and family roles; suicide; violence; academic achievement; and incarceration. With original research and a special eye toward enhancing social work and social welfare intervention practice with this often overlooked subpopulation of American society, this volume will be of great interest to researchers interested in African American issues, students, practitioners, and policy makers.
Author : Letha A See
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136378162
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (363 download)
Download or read book Human Behavior in the Social Environment from an African American Perspective written by Letha A See and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-04-03 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Human Behavior in the Social Environment from an African American Perspective, leading black scholars come together to discuss complex human behavior problems faced by African Americans and to force the abandonment of conceptualization theories made without consideration of the Black experience. Challenging you to engage in different thinking and develop new theories for addressing the needs of African Americans, this book highlights the assets of black individuals, families, and communities and guides you through program interventions and public policies that strengthen and empower African Americans. You will learn to enhance your clients’coping strategies and resilience by factoring in their strengths rather than focusing on their weaknesses. Human Behavior in the Social Environment from an African American Perspective contextualizes community behavior patterns, gender roles, and changing contemporary identities to challenge your assumptions about African American culture and communities and convince you to rethink your intervention strategies and methods. To further help you fine-tune your service delivery, this book leads you through discussions on: help-seeking behaviors of young street males the association of sociocultural risk factors with suicides the use of emotive behavior therapy to help African Americans cope with the prospect of imminent death advocating for changes in institutions and systems which negatively impact the lives of the poor and the oppressed how social work has ignored one segment of the African American community--young girls in urban settings psychological consequences of coming of age in a hostile environment Social workers, community-based groups, policymakers, and other helping professionals owe it to their clients to shrug off culturally incompetent services and care. Using Human Behavior in the Social Environment from an African American Perspective as a guide, you will learn to redress your programs and policies with a sensitivity to the factors and mechanisms that maximize the buoyancy of disadvantaged groups over various stages of their life development.
Author : Dr. William Ross
Publisher : IAP
ISBN 13 : 168123551X
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (812 download)
Download or read book Counseling African American Males written by Dr. William Ross and published by IAP. This book was released on 2016-06-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is no one method for doing culturally alert counseling. Instead, culturally alert counseling consists of intentionally adapting existing ways to help clients (1) understand their socially constructed worldviews through culture, (2) appreciate their various cultures, (3) to make choices about adherence to cultural norms, and (4) to recognize and respond to external bias relating to their cultural group membership.
Author : Theodore S. Ransaw
Publisher : MSU Press
ISBN 13 : 1628953411
Total Pages : 818 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (289 download)
Download or read book The Handbook of Research on Black Males written by Theodore S. Ransaw and published by MSU Press. This book was released on 2018-11-01 with total page 818 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing from the work of top researchers in various fields, The Handbook of Research on Black Males explores the nuanced and multifaceted phenomena known as the black male. Simultaneously hyper-visible and invisible, black males around the globe are being investigated now more than ever before; however, many of the well-meaning responses regarding media attention paid to black males are not well informed by research. Additionally, not all black males are the same, and each of them have varying strengths and challenges, making one-size-fits-all perspectives unproductive. This text, which acts as a comprehensive tool that can serve as a resource to articulate and argue for policy change, suggest educational improvements, and advocate judicial reform, fills a large void. The contributors, from multidisciplinary backgrounds, focus on history, research trends, health, education, criminal and social justice, hip-hop, and programs and initiatives. This volume has the potential to influence the field of research on black males as well as improve lives for a population that is often the most celebrated in the media and simultaneously the least socially valued.
