Preventing youth violence in a multicultural society / edited by Nancy G. Guerra and Emilie Phillips Smith.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Emilie Phillips Smith and Nancy G. Guerra -- Section I: Understanding youth violence and prevention in context : the role of ethnicity and culture -- Ethnicity, violence, and the ecology of development / Nancy G. Guerra and Kirk R. Williams -- Ethnic identity, social group membership, and youth violence / Sabine E. French, Tia E. Kim, and Olivia Pillado -- Section II: Youth violence, immigration, and acculturation / Ioakim Boutakidis, Nancy Guerra, and Fernando Soriano -- Youth violence and prevention in specific ethnic groups -- Youth violence prevention among Latino youth / Brenda Mirabal-Colón and Carmen Noemi Velez -- Youth violence prevention among Asian American and Pacific islander youth / Gregory Yee Mark, Linda A. Revilla, Thomas Tsutsumoto, and David May -- Understanding American Indian youth violence and prevention / Samantha Hurst and Jack Laird -- Preventing youth violence among African American youth : the socio-cultural context of risk and protective factors / Emilie Phillips Smith and La Mar Hasbrouck -- Youth violence prevention among white youth / Robert Nash Parker and Louis Tuthill -- Section III: Developing culturally-competent youth violence prevention -- Programs and strategies-- culturally-sensitive interventions to prevent youth violence / Joan C. Wright and Marc A. Zimmerman -- What is cultural competence and how can it be incorporated into preventive interventions? / Cynthia Hudley and April Taylor -- Preventing youth violence in a multicultural society : future directions.