Part 1. Introduction. K.A. Dodge, J.E. Lansford, T.J. Dishion, The Problem of Deviant Peer Influences in Intervention Programs. T.J. Dishion, K.A. Dodge, Deviant Peer Contagion in Interventions and Programs: An Ecological Framework for Understanding Influence Mechanisms. J.C. Anthony, Deviant Peer Effects: Perspectives of an Epidemiologist. P.J. Cook, J. Ludwig, Assigning Youths to Minimize Total Harm. J.E. Lansford, J. Rosch, Is Deviant Peer Influence a Problem, and What Can Be Done? Qualitative Perspectives from Four Focus Groups. Part 2. Reviews of Peer Effects. K.A. Dodge, M.R. Sherrill, Deviant Peer Group Effects in Youth Mental Health Interventions. W.M. Reinke, H.M. Walker, Deviant Peer Effects in Education. D.W. Osgood, L.O. Briddell, Peer Effects in Juvenile Justice. M.W. Lipsey, The Effects of Community-based Group Treatment for Delinquency: A Meta-analytic Search for Cross-study Generalizations. J. Vigdor, Peer Effects in Neighborhoods and Housing. M.N. Wilson, L.N. Woods, Iatrogenic Outcomes of the Child Welfare System: Vulnerable Adolescents, Peer Influences, and Instability in Foster Care Arrangements. J.E. Lansford, Peer Effects in Community Programs. M.W. Klein, Peer Effects in Naturally Occurring Groups: The Case of Street Gangs. Part 3. Promising Solutions and Recommendations. R.B. Silver, J.M. Eddy, Research-based Prevention Programs and Practices for Delivery in Schools That Decrease the Risk of Deviant Peer Influence. P. Greenwood, Promising Solutions in Juvenile Justice. E.P. Smith, J. Dumas, R. Prinz, Prevention Approaches to Improve Child and Adolescent Behavior and Reduce Deviant Peer Influence. J. Ludwig, G. Duncan, Promising Solutions in Housing and the Community. J. Rosch, C. Lederman, Creating a Legal and Organizational Context for Reducing Peer Influence. A. Biglan, J. Sprague, K.J. Moore, A Functional Contextualist Framework for Affecting Peer Influence Practices. T.J. Dishion, K.A. Dodge, J.E. Lansford, Findings and Recommendations: A Blueprint to Minimize Deviant Peer Influence in Youth Interventions and Programs.
Kenneth A. Dodge, PhD, Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University
Thomas J. Dishion, PhD, Department of Psychology and Child and Family Center, University of Oregon
Jennifer E. Lansford, PhD, Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University
"This is one of the most important books ever published pertaining
to the design and delivery of effective services for troubled
youths. This book has extraordinary breadth and relevance. It is
highly pertinent to the work of practitioners, researchers, and
policymakers alike, across the fields of mental health, education,
and juvenile justice. Importantly, the recommendations in this book
provide clear clinical and policy guidelines for improving outcomes
and increasing the cost benefits of services for the nation’s
at-risk youths."--Scott W. Henggeler, PhD, Department of Psychiatry
and Behavioral Sciences (retired), Medical University of South
Carolina
"Every parent knows about bad influences, yet for years our public
and private child-serving systems have been oblivious to the
possibility that some of our most well-established and richly
funded programs and strategies for treating at-risk youth may
actually be making their problems worse. This book examines the
critically important topic of negative peer influences and how they
develop and operate. Importantly, this volume goes beyond merely
identifying the problem to grapple with potential solutions that
attempt to balance the best interests of all youth. This is an
extremely important and timely volume for researchers,
practitioners, policymakers, and students interested in raising the
standards of practice and optimizing outcomes in schools, juvenile
justice, child welfare, and mental health systems."--Patricia
Chamberlain, PhD, Oregon Social Learning Center and Center for
Research to Practice, Eugene, Oregon
"This book offers new and innovative insights into the variety of
social, behavioral, and academic problems associated with grouping
together deviant youth. More importantly, it provides sound
recommendations on programs, practices, and policies with proven
effectiveness for improving youth outcomes. I recommend this book
to educators and others working with at-risk youth."--William
Modzeleski, Associate Assistant Deputy Secretary, Office of Safe
and Drug-Free Schools, U.S. Department of Education - This volume
is a quintessential reference on deviant peer influences in
programs for youth. It is a necessary read for policymakers,
practitioners, and anyone working with youth in group
settings....It would make a great addition to graduate-level
courses in the social and behavioral sciences. --Criminal Justice
Review, 6/3/2007ƒƒ This provocative book describes what happens
when delinquent or high-risk youth are grouped together for
interventions that supposedly are designed to rectify their
aberrant behavior....This book should be essential reading for
anyone evaluating and/or treating minors, especially child forensic
psychiatrists who are often in a position of recommending
evidence-based dispositions, interventions, and treatment(s) to the
court. It also makes compelling reading for forensic psychiatrists,
as it provides insight into how criminal defendants got to their
present circumstances. The results of research into current
incarceration practices reported in the book raised my concern
about the impact of deviant peers on inmates and to what extent it
contributes to high recidivism rates. Policy makers and
administrators of institutions who care for children should read
the book, as policies often lag years behind research data.
--Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law,
6/3/2007ƒƒ Whether you work with adolescents individually or in
group settings, this book is stimulating and provides important
content with clinical, economic, legal, and ethical implications
not easily available elsewhere. This is a well-written and
comprehensive book that can be an important resource for mental
health, juvenile justice, and education professionals as well as
policy makers. --Journal of the American Academy of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry, 6/3/2007ƒƒ Provides a wealth of
information....There is much of use here for social workers who
provide group-based interventions....Represents an important
advancement in knowledge, and it includes useful information for
improving the effectiveness of social work interventions. --Social
Work With Groups, 6/3/2007ƒƒ This volume is quite successful in
capturing the current status of theory and research on deviant peer
influences across a variety of youth-serving settings and in
drawing thoughtful recommendations regarding policy and practice,
given the fact that many significant gaps remain in our
understanding of these phenomena....It represents a major
contribution to the research literature on deviant peer influences
on programs serving youths. Researchers will find that a useful
research agenda is laid out. Practitioners and policymakers will
find a great deal of food for thought. --PsycCRITIQUES, 6/3/2007
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