Of the 33 million adolescents in the United States, almost 10 million are at risk of failing to become responsible adults. They attend schools that do not serve their needs, lack the support of caring adults, and, as a result, are alienated from mainstream society. African-American and Hispanic chil...

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1. Verfasser:	Dryfoos, Joy G. (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Oxford Oxford University Press 2006
Schlagworte:	Teenagers with social disabilities / United States Teenagers with social disabilities / Services for / United States Teenagers / United States / Social conditions / 21st century Unterprivilegierter Soziale Situation Jugend USA
Zusammenfassung:	Of the 33 million adolescents in the United States, almost 10 million are at risk of failing to become responsible adults. They attend schools that do not serve their needs, lack the support of caring adults, and, as a result, are alienated from mainstream society. African-American and Hispanic children, increasingly segregated in disadvantaged neighborhoods, are particularly vulnerable. In Adolescence: Growing Up in America Today, a follow-up to Joy Dryfoos's landmark volume, Adolescents at Risk (OUP, 1991), Joy Dryfoos and Carol Barkin take a close look at the lives of young people, identify some of their problems, and present solutions based on state-of-the-art prevention and treatment strategies. They examine important issues in adolescents' lives--sex, violence, drugs, health, mental health, and education.
Beschreibung:	Includes bibliographical references and index Why look at teens in the 21st century -- Status of youth today -- Sex -- Violence and delinquency -- Drugs -- Health and mental health -- Education -- Quality of life -- Summing it up -- Worst-case scenario for the future -- Positive scenario for the future
Beschreibung:	vii, 264 p. ill. 24 cm