Framing Public Policy and Prevention of Chronic Violence in American Youths

Autor/in	Dodge, Kenneth A.
Titel	Framing Public Policy and Prevention of Chronic Violence in American Youths
Quelle	In: American Psychologist, 63 (2008) 7, S.573-590 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0003-066X
DOI	10.1037/0003-066X.63.7.573
Schlagwörter	Public Policy; Violence; Prevention; Figurative Language; Public Health; Antisocial Behavior; Child Development; Crime; Mass Media Effects; Case Studies; Weapons; Public Opinion; Behavior Problems; Health Promotion; Moral Development; Religion; Peer Influence; Models; At Risk Persons; Public Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Öffentliche Ordnung; Gewalt; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Gesundheitswesen; Kindesentwicklung; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Weapon; Waffe; Öffentliche Meinung; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Moralische Entwicklung; Analogiemodell; Risikogruppe; Öffentliche Erziehung
Abstract	Metaphors can both inspire and mislead the public. Current metaphors for youth violence are inconsistent with scientific evidence about how chronic violence develops and evoke inaccurate or harmful reactions. Popular, problematic metaphors include "superpredator", "quarantining the contagious", "corrective surgery", "man as computer", "vaccine", and "chronic disease". Four new metaphors that more accurately reflect the science of child development are proposed to shape the field. "Preventive dentistry" offers a lifelong system of universal, selected, and indicated intervention policies. "Cardiovascular disease" offers concepts of distal risk factors, proximal processes, equifinality and multifinality, and long-term prevention. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's "public health model" focuses on injury and the victim to elicit popular support. "Public education for illiteracy" offers concepts of long-term universal education coupled with specialized help for high-risk youths and goes beyond metaphor to represent a truly applicable framework. Research is proposed to test the scientific merit for and public receptivity to these metaphors. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10