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Asian American Youth Violence as Genocide: A Critical Appraisal and Its Pedagogical Significance
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Lam, Kevin D. – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2019
This article provides an analysis of Asian American gang violence within the context of racialization and the legacy of imperialism. The analysis is grounded in a specific study of the Van Nuys (CA) Asian Boys gang and the particularities of Asian American gang violence in Southern California during the 1990s. Drawing from historical writings on…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Youth, Violence, Juvenile Gangs
Engaging High-Risk Young Mothers into Effective Programming: The Importance of Relationships and Relentlessness
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Chablani, Anisha; Spinney, Elizabeth R. – Journal of Family Social Work, 2011
This article describes a model designed to engage very high-risk pregnant and parenting young mothers who are not traditionally served by home visiting or other young parent programs. These disengaged young mothers do not live in stable environments: they are street or gang involved, in danger of dropping out of school or have already dropped out,…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Family Violence, Mothers, Early Parenthood
Deporting Cambodian Refugees: Justice Denied?
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Hing, Bill Ong – Crime & Delinquency, 2005
Until recently, the United States did not deport refugees convicted of crimes to the communist-dominated countries of Cuba, Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. After all, these refugees had fled persecution, and diplomatic ties between the United States and these countries are not particularly strong. But in March 2002, the United States convinced…
Descriptors: Cambodians, Foreign Countries, Social Justice, Refugees
Children in the Urban Environment. Linking Social Policy and Clinical Practice.
Phillips, Norma Kolko, Ed.; Straussner, Shulamith Lala Ashenberg, Ed. – 1997
The 12 chapters of this volume offer a comprehensive portrait of today's children and their challenging urban environments. The opportunities and obstacles that confront children are examined in detail, and key social problems are discussed in the following contributions: (1) "Growing Up in the Urban Environment: Opportunities and Obstacles for…
Descriptors: Children, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education
Una Vida de Esperanza (A Life of Hope). Out of Poverty and Violence Comes the Poetry of Luis Rodriguez.
Bullard, Sara, Ed. – Teaching Tolerance, 1993
Explores the childhood and adolescence of the Hispanic American poet Luis Rodriguez, who grew up in Los Angeles (California) and was involved in gangs with other children of Mexican immigrants. Rodriguez's autobiography is offered so that adolescents, including his own son, may learn from his experience. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Autobiographies, Children, Delinquency
Latino High School Graduation. Defying the Odds.
Romo, Harriett D.; Falbo, Toni – 1996
This book describes how "at-risk" Hispanic youth defy the odds and stay in school to earn a high school diploma. Information about success is needed because Hispanic youth drop out at about twice the rate of non-Hispanic Whites. The discussion is based on the results of a 4-year longitudinal study of 100 Hispanic youth labeled at-risk by…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Research