Youth violence: sources and solutions in south

This book reviews the risk and protective factors that influence young people in South Africa to act aggressively. It looks at the situation in which South African youth are growing up, developmental psychology, the influences of race, class and gender, and of the media.  It then reviews effective interventions in the contexts of young peoples lives ? their homes, their schools, their leisure activities, their interactions with gangs, in the criminal justice system, in cities and neighbourhoods, and with sexual offenders.