Adolescence : growing up in America today / Joy G. Dryfoos and Carol Barkin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dryfoos, Joy G.

Contributor:

Barkin, Carol.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teenagers with social disabilities--United States.

Teenagers with social disabilities.

Teenagers with social disabilities--Services for--United States.

Teenagers--United States--Social conditions--21st century.

Teenagers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

9786612977176

1-282-97717-2

0-19-972070-3

OCLC:

701718572