Social intervention : potential and constraints

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Part I. Theoretical Approaches to Prevention and Intervention -- 1. Prevention and Intervention in the Analytical Perspective of Guidance / Kaufmann, Franz-Xaver -- 2. Observation, Diagnosis, Guidance. A Systems Theoretical View on Intervention / Wilike, Helmut -- 3. Powerlessness, Politics, and Prevention. The Community Mental Health Approach / Albee, George W. -- 4. The Stress Process and Strategies of Intervention / Pearlin, Leonard I. -- Part II. Children's Services and Preschool Programs -- 5. Professionalism and Children's Services / Heyns, Barbara -- 6. Evidence of Problem Prevention by Early Childhood Education / Schweinhart, Lawrence J. / Weikart, David P. -- Part III. Family Empowerment and Parent Involvement -- 7. Empowering Families: An Alternative to the Deficit Model / Cochran, Moncrieff -- 8. Toward a Theory of Family -School Connections: Teacher Practices and Parent Involvement / Epstein, Joyce L. -- 9. Conditions of Family Functioning / Engelbert, Angelika / Herlth, Alois -- 10. Intervention in the Family: The Case of Handicapped Children / Sgritta, Giovanni . -- Part IV. Problem Behavior in Adolescence -- 11. Developmental Transitions and Adolescent Problem Behavior: Implications for Prevention and Intervention / Petersen, Anne C. / Ebata, Aaron -- 12. Adolescent Problem Behavior in the United States and the Federal Republic of Germany: Implications for Prevention / Hamilton, Stephen F. -- 13. Developmental Perspectives on Problem Behavior and Prevention in Adolescence / Silbereisen, Rainer . / Noack, Peter / Reitzle, Matthias -- 14. The Limits and Potential of Social Intervention in Adolescence: An Exemplary Analysis / Hurrelmann, Klaus -- Part V. Scholastic Achievement and Educational Career Planning -- 15. Diagnosis and Intervention in Education and Therapy / Rollett, Brigitte A. -- 16. Intervention in the Transition from School to Work for Early School Leavers / Weidman, John C. -- 17. Social Intervention Strategies in Elite U.S. Secondary Schools / Hodges Perseli, Caroline / Cookson, Peter W. -- Part VI. Social Intervention and Social Control -- 18. Psychological Crime Prevention: Concepts, Evaluations and Perspectives / Lösel, Friedrich -- 19. Alternative Methods of Conflict-Settling and Sanctioning: Their Impact on Young Offenders / Albrecht, Günter / Karstedt-Henke, Susanne -- 20. Evaluating Residential Treatments for Delinquents: A Cautionary Tale / Cornish, Derek -- 21. Preventive Effects of Correctional Intervention: Reeducation and Resocialization of Juvenile Prisoners / Wirth, Wolfgang -- 22. Simulating Social Order - Community and Crime Cont / Kreissi, Reinhard -- Appendix -- 23. The Program of the Special Research Unit "Prevention and Intervention in Childhood and Adolescence" -- Author Index -- Subject Index