Losing Generations : Adolescents in High-Risk Settings.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Staff, National Research Council
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington : National Academies Press, 1993.
Temas:
Youth with social disabilities > United States.
Adolescent psychology.
Jeunes socialement défavorisés > États-Unis.
Adolescents > Psychologie.
Adolescent psychology
Youth with social disabilities
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Losing Generations
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Summary
  • FINDINGS: DETERIORATED SETTINGS
  • CONCLUSIONS: GOOD PRACTICE AND NEW RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
  • 1 Adolescents at Risk
  • SETTINGS AND INDIVIDUALS
  • THE ROLE OF FAMILY INCOME
  • REFERENCES
  • 2 Earnings and Employment
  • TRENDS SINCE 1970
  • JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG WORKERS
  • Sectoral Shifts in Employment
  • Technological Change
  • Rising Unemployment
  • Immigration
  • INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS INFLUENCING JOB AVAILABILITY AND EARNINGS
  • Minimum Wage and Unions
  • Isolation from JobsDiscrimination
  • CHANGES IN THE SUPPLY AND QUALIFICATIONS OF YOUNG WORKERS
  • Supply of Young Workers
  • Adequacy of Basic Skills
  • Crime
  • DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES
  • CONCLUSIONS
  • REFERENCES
  • 3 Families
  • FAMILY ECONOMICS AND FAMILY STRUCTURE
  • Family Structure
  • Single-Parent Households
  • Two-Parent Households
  • FAMILY STRUCTURE, PARENTING STYLES, AND ADOLESCENT OUTCOMES
  • Children of Single-Parent Families
  • Children of Divorce
  • Adolescent Mothers and Their Children
  • Parenting Style
  • Violence in Families
  • CONCLUSIONSREFERENCES
  • 4 Neighborhoods
  • CHANGES IN METROPOLITAN NEIGHBORHOODS
  • Poverty Concentration and Racial and Ethnic Stratification
  • Social Composition of Poor Neighborhoods
  • Racial and Ethnic Composition of Schools
  • Regional Differences
  • POOR NEIGHBORHOODS AND ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT
  • Educational Attainment
  • Teenage Pregnancy
  • Employment
  • Delinquency and Violent Crime
  • CONCLUSIONS
  • REFERENCES
  • 5 Health and Health Care
  • HEALTH STATUS OF ADOLESCENTS
  • THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM AND ADOLESCENT HEALTH
  • Evolution of Adolescent Health CareHealth Services Organization and Delivery
  • Mental Health Services
  • HEALTH INSURANCE
  • Private Coverage
  • Medicaid Coverage
  • Consequences for Adolescent Health
  • SPECIAL PROBLEMS: CONFIDENTIALITY AND CONSENT
  • CONCLUSIONS
  • REFERENCES
  • 6 Academic Schooling
  • STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
  • DIFFERENCES BETWEEN LOW-INCOME AND MORE AFFLUENT SCHOOLS
  • Financial Resources
  • Resource Availability and Instruction
  • ORGANIZATIONAL AND INSTRUCTIONAL STRATIFICATION
  • Ability Grouping (Tracking)
  • Grade Retention
  • PREVENTING SCHOOL FAILUREChapter 1 Programs
  • Dropout Prevention and Student Motivation
  • CONCLUSIONS
  • REFERENCES
  • 7 From School to Work
  • THE DIFFICULT TRANSITION TO THE LABOR MARKET: LACK OF A SYSTEM
  • VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
  • Effects on Occupational Success
  • Effects on School Achievement and Attainment
  • EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAMS
  • Program Effectiveness
  • Studies of YEDPA Programs
  • JTPA
  • Post-YEDPA Field Demonstrations
  • CONCLUSIONS
  • REFERENCES
  • 8 Juvenile and Criminal Justice

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