Lost Boys: Why Our Sons Turn Violent and How We Can Save Them

Lost Boys:  Why Our Sons Turn Violent and
How We Can Save Them

James Garbarino, Ph. D., is Co-Director of the Family Life Development Center and Professor of Human Development at Cornell University.  He is a national expert regarding the impact of family and community violence and trauma on child development and interventions to deal with these effects. He and his family live in Ithaca, New York.

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Contents

Preface

1. The Epidemic of Youth Violence

PART ONE: HOW BOYS GET LOST

2. Rejected and Neglected, Ashamed and Depressed
3. How Early Vulnerability Becomes Bad Behavior
4. Discovering the Dark Side
5. A Boy's Code of Honor: Frustrated Justice and Fractured Morality

PART TWO: WHAT BOYS NEED

6. The Power of Spiritual, Psychological, and Social Anchors
7. Saving Violent Boys Isn't Easy
8. Reclaiming Lost Boys

Appendix: Where to Get Help: Prevention and Intervention Resources

References
Index

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