Sex, drugs and young people : international perspectives / edited by Peter Aggleton, Andrew Ball and Purnima Mane.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Aggleton, Peter.

Ball, Andrew.

Mane, Purnima N.

Series:

Sexuality, culture and health series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Youth--Sexual behavior--Cross-cultural studies.

Youth.

Youth--Drug use--Cross-cultural studies.

Youth--Drug use.

Youth--Sexual behavior.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

xii, 224 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.

Summary:

All over the world, young people have been the focus of moral panic concerning sex and sexuality, illicit drug and substance use. While there is global concern about teenage pregnancy and rising rates of sexually transmitted infection and HIV/AIDS, a not uncommon view is that young people are irresponsible pleasure-seekers who live only for the present.

Sex, Drugs and Young People calls into question the mainstream assumptions about adolescence and youth that underlie many of our understandings of teenagers and young adults. The book provides a view of the transition to adulthood as not merely biologically and developmentally driven, but rather as socially and culturally shaped.

Bringing together a range of cross-national contributions, the book examines similarities and differences that mark both sexuality and drug use among young people in different social and cultural settings. In doing so, it allows the reader to build a clearer understanding of the challenges that must be faced in fields such as public health and education if we are to develop programmes that really serve the needs of young people.

Sex, Drugs and Young People will be of interest to professionals working with young people and is suitable for a wide range of multidisciplinary courses covering areas such as human sexuality, sex education, public health education and social work.

Contents:

Part I The structuring of vulnerability 11

2 Young people, poverty and risk / Kim Rivers, Peter Aggleton, Andrew Ball 13

3 Gender, vulnerability and young people / Rita M. Melendez, Deborah L. Tolman 29

4 Ethnicity, culture, drugs and sex / Carol Jenkins 48

Part II Young people, sex and drugs 63

5 Young people, sexual practice and meanings / Deborah Keys, Doreen Rosenthal, Marian Pitts 65

6 Young people and illicit drug use / Neil Hunt 84

7 Drug use among same-sex attracted young people / John Howard, Anthony Arcuri 101

8 Drinking behaviour, coming of age and risk / Sandra Bullock, Robin Room 120

Part III Special circumstances, special needs? 139

9 Sex, drugs and vulnerability: young people who sell sex and use drugs / Cheryl Overs, Chris Castle 141

10 Young migrants, refugees and displaced people / Mary Haour-knipe, Linda Eriksson, Danielle Grondin 153

11 Young people, the military, sex and drugs / Martin Foreman 171

12 Young people in detention / Jan Copeland, John Howard, Anthony Arcuri 186

13 Sex, drugs and indigenous young people / Sherry Saggers, Dennis Gray, Phillipa Strempel 200.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0415328772

0415328780

OCLC:

60650910