The Special Collections Book of the Week this week is:

Youth Violence: Sources and Solutions in South Africa edited by Catherine L Ward et al.

This book thoroughly and carefully reviews the evidence for risks and protective factors that influence the likelihood of young people acting aggressively. The book explores effective interventions in the context of young people’s lives—their homes, their schools, their leisure activities, with gangs in the criminal justice system, in cities and neighbourhoods, the media, with sexual offenders and the broader socio-economic context. Thoughtful suggestions are made for keeping an evidence-based perspective, and interventions from other contexts are adapted for developing world contexts such as South Africa. Youth violence: Sources and Solutions in South Africa is a valuable source of information for practitioners, academics and anyone who has ever wondered about youth violence or wanted to do something about it.

Access: https://univofpretoria.on.worldcat.org/oclc/780137744

This book is available at Special Collections, housed on level 5 of the Merensky 2 Library, and is part of our Africana (ZA) Collection.

The Special Collections unit of the Department of Library Services plays a stewardship role in the acquisition and preservation of the Library's rare and valuable information resources, making them accessible to students, staff and researchers, as well as safeguarding them for future generations.