ABSTRACT
Etiological theories of criminal behavior and how they relate to CPSD• Factors that put children and youth at risk of future criminal behavior• Differences between personal risk factors and social environmental risk factors• Underlying philosophy and theory of CPSD• Factors that must be considered when developing a targeted CPSD program• Concept of “resilience” and its importance to CPSD• Dominant CPSD approaches and their essential elements• Differences between CPSD interventions that • directly or indirectly target an at-risk child or youth Key players (institutions) in delivering CPSD services and programs• CPSD program design and implementation principles• Critiques of CPSD•
This chapter focuses on social development approaches to crime prevention, that is, theories and strategies that attempt to address the root causes of criminal and delinquent behavior (i.e., preventing criminal predispositions from developing in the first place).
