The task of providing appropriate interventions for vulnerable children and youth in urban
communities is a major challenge in national and international contexts (Yeakey, 2012).
Fortunately, a growing scientifi c literature focused on the sociological and epidemiological
study of child and adolescent mental disorder and learning trajectories has developed
where community and neighborhood environments are examined for their predictive infl
uence (Spencer, Tinsley, Dupree, & Fegley, 2012). An emerging set of studies within this …