This edited text focuses on positive approaches to youth development that are rapidly supplanting the traditional deficit-oriented, problem-reduction approach.

After-school programs, scout groups, community service activities, religious youth groups, and other community-based activities have long been thought to play a

While Comprehensive Community Initiatives (CCIs) provide promising avenues to support the positive development of all young people, research findings assessing

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