Opportunities provision for preventing youth gang involvement for children and young people (7-16)

Cognitive-behavioural interventions for preventing youth gang involvement for children and young people (7-16).

BACKGROUND Many studies document a robust and consistent relationship between gang membership and elevated delinquency, with gang members disproportionately involved in crime compared to non-gang peers. Research also indicates that both delinquent youth and youth who join gangs often show a wide range of deficient or distorted social-cognitive processes compared to non-delinquent peers. Cogniti...

Preventing Adolescent Gang Involvement

The proliferation of youth gangs since 1980 has fueled the public’s fear and magnified possible misconceptions about youth gangs. To address the mounting concern about youth gangs, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention’s (OJJDP’s) Youth Gang Series delves into many of the key issues related to youth gangs. The series considers issues such as gang migration, gang growth, fema...

Priorities for children and young people - opportunities and challenges for children and young people's nurses.

Across Europe children's nurses today face many challenges, including rising childhood obesity, the soaring incidence of issues with the mental health of children and young people, the effects of social media, child maltreatment and the impact of poverty, war and conflict on children and families. There are opportunities for children's nurses to undertake new roles and to influence both policy ...

Sexual health provision for young people.

References 1 Baraitser P, Fettiplace R, Dolan F, et al. Quality, mainstream services with proactive and targeted outreach: a model of contraceptive service provision for young people. J Fam Reprod Health Care 2002; 28: 90–94. 2 Social Exclusion Unit. Report on teenage pregnancy. London: Department of Health, June 1999. 3 Family Planning Association. Putting sexual health on the agenda: listenin...

New Hopes and Challenges for Treatment of Neurodegenerative Disorders: Great Opportunities for Young Neuroscientists