America's Youth in Crisis

Challenges and Options for Programs and Policies

von Richard M. Lerner

174 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Gesellschaft und Kultur, allgemein Gesellschaftliche Gruppen, Gemeinschaften und Identitäten Altersgruppen und Generationen Jugendliche
• ISBN: 9780803970687
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 21.12.1994
• Größe: 235 x 157 mm
• Verlag: Sage Publications, Inc