Deviant Peer Influences in Programs for Youth: Problems and Solutions (Paperback)

I. Introduction

1. The Problem of Deviant Peer Influences in Intervention Programs, Kenneth A. Dodge, Jennifer E. Lansford, and Thomas J. Dishion

2. Deviant Peer Contagion in Interventions and Programs: An Ecological Framework for Understanding Influence Mechanisms, Thomas J. Dishion and Kenneth A. Dodge

3. Deviant Peer Effects: Perspectives of an Epidemiologist, James C. Anthony

4. Assigning Youths to Minimize Total Harm, Philip J. Cook and Jens Ludwig

5. Is Deviant Peer Influence a Problem, and What Can Be Done?: Qualitative Perspectives from Four Focus Groups, Jennifer E. Lansford and Joel Rosch

II. Reviews of Peer Effects

6. Deviant Peer Group Effects in Youth Mental Health Interventions, Kenneth A. Dodge and Michelle R. Sherrill

7. Deviant Peer Effects in Education, Wendy M. Reinke and Hill M. Walker

8. Peer Effects in Juvenile Justice, D. Wayne Osgood and Laine O'Neill Briddell

9. The Effects of Community-Based Group Treatment for Delinquency: A Meta-Analytic Search for Cross-Study Generalizations, Mark W. Lipsey

10. Peer Effects in Neighborhoods and Housing, Jacob Vigdor

11. Iatrogenic Outcomes of the Child Welfare System: Vulnerable Adolescents, Peer Influences, and Instability in Foster Care Arrangements, Melvin N. Wilson and LaKeesha N. Woods

12. Peer Effects in Community Programs, Jennifer E. Lansford

13. Peer Effects in Naturally Occurring Groups: The Case of Street Gangs, Malcolm W. Klein

III. Promising Solutions and Recommendations

14. Research-Based Prevention Programs and Practices for Delivery in Schools That Decrease the Risk of Deviant Peer Influence, Rebecca B. Silver and J. Mark Eddy

15. Promising Solutions in Juvenile Justice, Peter Greenwood

16. Prevention Approaches to Improve Child and Adolescent Behavior and Reduce Deviant Peer Influence, Emilie Phillips Smith, Jean Dumas, and Ron Prinz

17. Promising Solutions in Housing and the Community, Jens Ludwig and Greg Duncan

18. Creating a Legal and Organizational Context for Reducing Peer Influence, Joel Rosch and Cindy Lederman

19. A Functional Contextualist Framework for Affecting Peer Influence Practices, Anthony Biglan, Jeffrey Sprague, and Kevin J. Moore