Deadly Consequences

by Prothrow-Stith, Deborah; Weissman, Michaele

• ISBN13: 9780060924027
• ISBN10: 0060924020
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-01-15
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

With an important introduction by former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, this authoritative and timely guide calls for the diagnosis and treatment of urban violence as a public health crisis. "Should be required reading for policy makers and for every citizen troubled by . . . poverty and despair in our society".--Senator Edward M. Kennedy.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xi	(2)
Acknowledgments	xiii	(4)
Introduction	xvii
1 Free-Floating Anger	1	(10)
2 An American Tragedy	11	(18)
3 Teaching Our Kids to Kill	29	(19)
4 Adolescence: The Dangerous Passage	48	(16)
5 An Endangered Species--Young Men of Color Living in Poverty	64	(16)
6 What the Kids Say	80	(15)
7 Gangs	95	(16)
8 Drugs, Gangs, Guns, and Cops	111	(19)
9 The Public Health Approach	130	(15)
10 Helping Families Prevent Violence	145	(16)
11 Helping Schools Prevent Violence	161	(23)
12 Helping Communities Prevent Violence	184	(20)
Notes	204	(22)
Appendix I: Public Health and Criminal Justice Chart	226	(1)
Appendix II: State-by-State Organizations	227	(35)
Index	262