Adolescence: Growing Up in America Today

by Joy G. Dryfoos and Carol Barkin

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195179617
• ISBN13: 9780195179613
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.3"