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Safe passage : making it through adolescence in a risky society /

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The author addresses several key questions, among them: What are the conditions that are needed so that children can grow into responsible adults? What difference does it make to a society whether they do or they don't? And what will it cost society to ignore these trends?

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dryfoos, Joy G.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1998.
Subjects:
Teenagers with social disabilities > United States.
Teenagers > Counseling of > United States.
Juvenile delinquency > United States > Prevention.
Drug abuse > United States > Prevention.
Teenage pregnancy > United States.
High school dropouts > United States.
Juvenile delinquency.
Student Dropouts
Juvenile Delinquency
Adolescent Behavior
Adolescent
Adolescents socialement défavorisés > États-Unis.
Adolescents > Counseling > États-Unis.
Délinquance juvénile > États-Unis > Prévention.
Toxicomanie > États-Unis > Prévention.
Grossesse chez l'adolescente > États-Unis.
Délinquance juvénile.
Drug abuse > Prevention
High school dropouts
Juvenile delinquency > Prevention
Teenage pregnancy
Teenagers > Counseling of
Teenagers with social disabilities
United States
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:The author addresses several key questions, among them: What are the conditions that are needed so that children can grow into responsible adults? What difference does it make to a society whether they do or they don't? And what will it cost society to ignore these trends?
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 292 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199846948
0199846944