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Shifting Perspectives: The Problem with Problem Orientations
Shifting Perspectives: The Problem with Problem Orientations
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The emphasis on the whole youth has led to a new appreciation of the importance of physical and social settings on adolescent development and the ways in which positive as well as negative influences within these settings foster or inhibit constructive adult-youth interactions. Such research has stimulated interest in recognizing how adolescents themselves perceive role models of successful adult behavior, how they protect themselves during periods of danger or uncertainty, and how they seek out individuals or groups that constitute community assets capable of helping them become productive members of society.
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The limitations of the problem-oriented perspective are also reflected in the fragmentation of numerous federal programs that address the needs of delinquent and at-risk youth. The President's Crime Prevention Council, for example, identified 50 separate federal programs that help communities help their youth, including major programs such as the Job Corps, the Summer Youth Employment and Training Program, community policing, programs for educationally disadvantaged children, and the Public Housing Urban Revitalization Program (President's Crime Prevention Council, 1995~.
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