SPECIAL ISSUE: Selected papers from the INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON
VIOLENCE AND ADOLESCENCE
November 16-18, 1999, Jerusalem, Israel
VOLUME 11, NOS. 3-4, 1999
Editorial
E. Chigier .............119
THE EPIDEMIOLOGY AND SOCIAL CONTEXT OF
ADOLESCENT VIOLENCE
A Cross-National Study of Youth Violence
in Europe
Yossi Harel (Israel) .............121
The Epidemic of Adolescent Violence in
the U.S.A.
Hyman C. Tolmas (U.S.A.) .............135
Adolescent Violence as Viewed by High
School Students
Hatim A. Omar (U.S.A.)...........153
The Social Context of Youth Violence:
African American Youth
S.D. Johnson (U.S.A.)..............159
Authoritarian and Aggressive Attitudes
of Czech Adolescents
F. D. Krch and L. Czémy (Czech Republic)
..............177
Crisis of the Self - An Anthropological
Approach
J. Ph. Furtwängler
(Germany)..............189
Adolescent Polydrug Use And Violence in
the U.S.A.
S.M. Dornbusch, I.-C. Lin, P.T. Munroe
and A.J. Bianchi (U.S.A.)............197
Types of Violence Exposure and Youths’
Mental Health Problems
Diane E. Elze, Arlene R. Stiffman, and
Peter Doré (U.S.A.)................221
Urban Adolescents’ Perception of Self
Control - 1959 and 1994
Inge Bø (Norway).............257
Violence and Youth in Jamaica
Lincoln Williams (Jamaica)............283
MEDIA AND ADOLESCENT VIOLENCE
Media Violence - Its Impact on
Adolescents
Hyman C. Tolmas (U.S.A.)...............313
The Media: Interference with the Psyche
David L. Levisky (Brazil)............327
Television, Aggressiveness and Violence
Marcel Frydman (Belgium)............335
ADOLESCENT VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE AND
PROVISION OF MENTAL HEALTH ASSISTANCE
Adolescent Victims of Violence: An
International Review
Jørgen Cohn (Norway)............345
Action- and Drama-Techniques with
Adolescent Victims of Violence
L.M.F. Verhofstadt-Denève
(Belgium).............351
SELF VIOLENCE IN ADOLESCENCE
Violence in the Lives of Suicidal
Adolescents
G. I. Olsson (Sweden)..............369
REDUCTION AND PREVENTION OF VIOLENCE IN
ADOLESCENCE
Curbing Violence in Juvenile Offenders
Bruce Kamradt and Mary Jo Meyers
(U.S.A.).............381
Youth Firearm Injury Prevention in the
U.S.A.
George J. Cohen (U.S.A.)............401
Reducing Interethnic Social Distance
Esther Howe (U.S.A.)............411
Risk Factors for Adolescent Violence:
Prevention and Treatment
Allan Z. Schwartzberg
(U.S.A.)..............429
Adolescent Violence: A Health Care
Systems Approach
Robert D. Sege, David A. Stone and Cary
Perry (U.S.A.)...............439
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