The youth development handbook: coming of age in American communities

What is youth development?

Principles for youth development / Stephen F. Hamilton, Mary Agnes Hamilton, and Karen Pittman

Processes and practices in youth development contexts

Youth organizations: from principles to practice / Sarah Deschenes, Morva McDonald, and Milbrey McLaughlin

Organizations serving all ages / Geoffrey L. Ream and Peter A. Witt

Bridging juvenile justice and positive youth development / William H. Barton

Youth development and health / Richard E. Kreipe, Sheryl Ryan, and Susan Seibold-Simpson

Can high schools foster youth development? / Jerome M. Ziegler

Designing work and service for learning / Mary Agnes Hamilton and Stephen F. Hamilton

Using and building family strengths to promote youth development / Catherine P. Bradshaw and James Garbarino

Enlisting peers in developmental interventions: principles and practices / Michael J. Karcher, B. Radford Brown, and Douglas W. Elliott

How neighborhoods matter for youth development / Ray Swisher and Janis Whitlock

Popular media culture and the promise of critical media literacy / Jane D. Brown, Rebecca Schaffer, Lucila Vargas, and Lahoma S. Romocki

Action steps

Success factors in community-wide initiatives for youth development / Kathleen A. Dorgan and Ronald F. Ferguson

Understanding and improving youth development initiatives through evaluation / Charles V. Izzo, James P. Connell, Michelle A. Gambone, and Catherine P. Bradshaw

Understanding the lay of the land: strategies for funding youth development programs / Glenda L. Partee

Implications for youth development practices / Stephen F. Hamilton and Mary Agnes Hamilton.