Adolescence [[electronic resource] ] : growing up in America today / / Joy G. Dryfoos and Carol Barkin

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910792244703321
• Autore: Dryfoos Joy G
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006
• ISBN: 9786612977176; 1-282-97717-2; 0-19-972070-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): BarkinCarol
• Disciplina: 362.7083/0973
• Soggetti: Teenagers with social disabilities - United States; Teenagers with social disabilities - Services for - United States; Teenagers - United States - Social conditions - 21st century
• 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: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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