The Prosocial Gang Implementing Aggression Replacement Training

by Arnold Goldstein; Barry Glick; Wilma Carthan; Douglas Blancero

• ISBN13: 9780803957718
• ISBN10: 0803957718
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-06-13
• Publisher: Sage Publications

Summary

An effective gang intervention programme, Aggression Replacement Training (ART), is the subject of this book. Rearrest rates and other outcome results support the success of a project using the ART intervention approach with a series of very aggressive juvenile gangs in New York. Working with gangs as a unit, the goal was not only to teach them anger control and other skills, but to do so in such a way that their real-world reference group (the gang) was turned, as much as possible, into a prosocial rather than an antisocial support group. In addition, the book provides a thorough introduction to the history of gangs, current gang demographics, gang aggression and its etiology, as well as a review and critique of the various interventions that have been tried.

Table of Contents

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION

Gangs in the United States

Gang Aggression

PART TWO: GANG INTERVENTION

An Historical Review

Aggression Replacement Training

Background and Procedures

Aggression Replacement Training

Evaluations of Effectiveness

PART THREE: THE A.R.T PROSOCIAL GANG PROGRAM

Gangs in the Hood

The Program

Management and Evaluation

PART FOUR: FUTURE PERSPECTIVES

Future Perspectives

Enhancing Generalization of Gain