1.

Record Nr.

UNISOBSOB006514

Autore

Schlesinger, Arthur M.[, ] Jr.

Titolo

A Life in the Twentieth Century / Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston ; New York, : Houghton Mifflin Company

Descrizione fisica

v. ; 24 cm

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455201303321

Autore

Breen Claire

Titolo

Age discrimination and children's rights [[electronic resource] ] : ensuring equality and acknowledging difference / / Claire Breen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : M. Nijhoff, 2006

ISBN

1-282-39654-4

9786612396540

90-474-1753-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Collana

International studies in human rights ; ; v. 86

Disciplina

323.3/52

Soggetti

Children's rights

Age discrimination

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Chapter One. Difference or Discrimination? Exploring the Concepts Underpinning Childrens Rights, Discrimination and the Need to Acknowledge Difference -- Chapter Two. Childrens Rights and Medical Treatment: Issues of Capacity, Choice and Consent -- Chapter Three. Human-assisted Reproduction and the Childs Right



to Identity -- Chapter Four. The Corporal Punishment of Children in New Zealand: the Power of Parental Rights in New Zealand -- Chapter Five. Taking Liberties: the Detention of the At-risk Child in Ireland -- Chapter Six. Age Discrimination and the Rights of Irish-born Children of Asylum Seekers -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

One of the aims of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is to accord due recognition to the fact that 'the child, by reason of his phsyical and mental immaturity, needs special safeguards and care, including appropriate legal protection, before as well as after birth'. However, a question mark hangs over the extent to which 'special safeguards and care' can negatively impact on the rights of the child and result in discrimination against the child in the guise of 'his physical and mental immaturity'. This volume explores the extent to which children's rights are secured at the national level; and the reasons why children's rights have or have not been recognised and secured by various states at the level of domestic law. It also explores the difficulties inherent in the accordance of rights to children in order to ascertain whether they do in fact derive from the particular nature of children or whether they mask a reluctance of states to fulfil their domestic and international rights obligations to children, and whether such reluctance constitutes 'discrimination against children'. The volume thus explores the theoretical and legal underpinnings of gender and race discrimination, at both the domestic and international level, and examines the extent to which these may be applied to the area of children's rights.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456713303321

Autore

Ostrowsky Michael K. <1971->

Titolo

Self-medication and violent behavior [[electronic resource] /] / Michael K. Ostrowsky

Pubbl/distr/stampa

El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2009

ISBN

1-59332-566-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Collana

Criminal justice

Disciplina

362.290835

Soggetti

Teenagers - Alcohol use

Alcoholism - Psychological aspects

Teenagers - Drug use

Marijuana abuse

Violence

Self medication

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-244) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The causes and consequences of drug use -- Exploring the relationships between self-esteem, depression, alcohol use, and marijuana use -- Does alcohol use lead to violent behavior? -- Does marijuana use lead to violent behavior? -- Khantzian's self-medication hypothesis -- Overview of the study, sample, measures, and path model -- Bivariate findings regarding self-medication and violent behavior -- Multivariate findings regarding self-medication and violent behavior -- Implications and prevention.

Sommario/riassunto

Ostrowsky identifies the causes and consequences of alcohol and marijuana use among adolescents. Edward Khantzian's ""self-medication hypothesis"" provides the theoretical framework. However, using longitudinal data from the Rochester Youth Development Study, Ostrowsky extends Khantzian's perspective and also moves beyond previous tests of the hypothesis. Overall, the results provide little support to the five predictions of the self-medication hypothesis, but a few interesting findings did emerge. In terms of drug use, weak school commitment predicts an increase in alcohol use and weak parent