02828nam 2200625 a 450 991079224470332120230207232448.097866129771761-282-97717-20-19-972070-3(CKB)2560000000299392(EBL)665425(OCoLC)701718572(SSID)ssj0000466658(PQKBManifestationID)11337609(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000466658(PQKBWorkID)10466516(PQKB)10744217(StDuBDS)EDZ0000023997(MiAaPQ)EBC665425(Au-PeEL)EBL665425(CaPaEBR)ebr10443141(CaONFJC)MIL297717(EXLCZ)99256000000029939220051021d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAdolescence[electronic resource] growing up in America today /Joy G. Dryfoos and Carol BarkinOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20061 online resource (273 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-517961-7 0-19-984735-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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, identifyTeenagers with social disabilitiesUnited StatesTeenagers with social disabilitiesServices forUnited StatesTeenagersUnited StatesSocial conditions21st centuryTeenagers with social disabilitiesTeenagers with social disabilitiesServices forTeenagersSocial conditions362.7083/0973Dryfoos Joy G880821Barkin Carol1543088MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910792244703321Adolescence3796385UNINA