KEY FEATURES

• 16 Warning Signs for Student Violence
• Risk Factors in the Family
• Protective Factors that Reduce the Risk of Violence
• Toxic Media- Do You Know What Your Child is Watching and Listening To?
• How to Keep Your Kids Safe on the Internet
• Preventive Programs- Do They Work?
• What Brain Research Tells Us About Violence
• Why Parenting in the Toddler Years is So Important
• Why Simplistic Solutions Won't Work

PERSPECTIVES

Recent School Shootings Have Heightened Adult Concern about Teen and even Preteen Violence.

Growing Awareness That This Could Happen Anywhere, Not Just in Poor, Innercity Communities.

A quick read that clarifies key issues in youth violence and its prevention.

CONTENTS

I. Adolescent Angst to Shooting Up Schools-Unheard Warnings
II. The Biology of Violence
III. Risk Factors for Violence and Crime
IV. Protective Factors against Crime
V. What We Must Teach Our Children, and Ourselves
VI. Resources for Action
VII. Endnotes

The author of Preventing Violence is Richard Panzer, a writer and developer of family life education programs used in 70 countries and throughout the United States. He is a graduate of Yale University and a popular speaker in high schools and colleges throughout the U.S. He is married and the father of 4 children. Read more about Richard.

Publication Date: July 2000

96 pages, 16 informative charts and images, 100 plus footnotes, paperback, $8.95 plus $3.20 s&h

Subject Category: Family and Relationships, Education

Preventing Violence
ISBN 1-888933-12-7

To order: Call 1-800-221-6116