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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480910303321

Autore

Lerner Richard M

Titolo

America's youth in crisis [[electronic resource] ] : challenges and options for programs and policies / / Richard M. Lerner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif., : SAGE, c1995

ISBN

1-322-42127-7

1-4833-2716-7

1-4522-5535-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (175 p.)

Disciplina

305.2350973

Soggetti

Youth - United States

Youth - Government policy - United States

Education and state - United States

Poverty - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Sponsored by the National 4-H Council."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-139) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Foreword by Joy G. Dryfoos; Foreword by Richard J. Sauer; Foreword by Justin S. Lerner; Preface; Chapter 1 - The Contemporary Crises of America's Children and Adolescents; Chapter 2 - An Overview of Developmental Contextualism; Chapter 3 - An Integrative Vision of Human Development Research and Outreach; Chapter 4 - Designing Successful Prevention Programs; Chapter 5 - Key Principles of Successful Prevention Programs; Chapter 6 - Meeting the Challenges Facing America's Universities by Integrating Research and Outreach; Chapter 7 - Implications for Social and Academic Policy

ReferencesName Index; Subject Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Many adolescents in the United States are at risk from substance abuse, unsafe sexual practices, academic underachievement, crime and violence. What can be done to tackle these growing problems?    The author of this thought-provoking book suggests the need to focus on young people's development in relation to specific features of the individual's environmental 'context' such as family, neighbourhood and culture. By effecting changes in these contexts, in the form of



community programmes, researchers can test for differences in children's behaviour and development.