Teens at risk /
Teens at risk / [print]
Laura K. Egendorf, book editor, Jennifer A. Hurley, book editor.
- San Diego, California : Greenhaven Press, (c)1999.
- 190 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographies and index.
A variety of factors put teens at risk Teens are not at risk Media violence puts teens at risk Media violence does not put teens at risk The absence of fathers puts teens at risk The absence of fathers does not put teens at significant risk Inconsistent messages about morality put teens at risk Gay teens are at risk Violent juvenile criminals should be treated as adults Juvenile criminals should not be treated as adults Gang injunctions can prevent teenage violence Gang-loitering ordinances are an objectionable approach to reducing teenage violence Juvenile boot camps can be effective in addressing teenage crime Juvenile boot camps do not reduce teenage crime Peace education can help reduce teenage violence Community-based efforts can help reduce teenage violence Teaching abstinence helps avert teen pregnancy Teaching abstinence puts teens at risk of pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases Long-term contraceptive devices can help prevent teen pregnancy Long-term contraceptive devices promote teen promiscuity Enforcing statutory rape laws can help reduce teen pregnancy Enforcing statutory rape laws will not reduce teen pregnancy Ending welfare will help reduce teen pregnancy Ending welfare will not reduce teen pregnancy The media encourage teen substance abuse The media exaggerate the extent of teen substance abuse An inadequate government antidrug effort has contributed to the problem of teen drug abuse An inadequate government antidrug effort is not responsible for teen drug abuse The government should combat teen smoking Government efforts to combat teen smoking are unnecessary and wasteful Part I Part II Gene Stephens -- Kirk A. Astroth -- Mona Charen -- Mike Males -- Wade F. Horn -- Stephanie Coontz -- Edward Grimsley -- Rosemarie Buchanan -- Linda J. Collier -- William Ayers -- Roger L. Conner -- George Brooks -- Eric Peterson -- Margaret Beyer -- Colman McCarthy -- Robert L. Woodson Sr. -- Maggie Gallagher -- M. Joycelyn Elders -- Margaret P. Battin -- Richard John Neuhaus -- Ralph deToledano -- Catherine Elton -- William J. Bennett and Peter Wehner -- Kristin A. Moore -- Barry R. McCaffrey -- Mike Males -- Rob Portman -- Jacob Sullum -- Donna E. Shalala -- Edwin Feulner, -- D.T. Armentano.
98023191
Teenagers with social disabilities--United States.
Problem youth--United States.
Juvenile delinquency--United States.
Teenage pregnancy--United States.
Teenagers--Substance use--United States.
HV1431.H965.T446 1999
Includes bibliographies and index.
A variety of factors put teens at risk Teens are not at risk Media violence puts teens at risk Media violence does not put teens at risk The absence of fathers puts teens at risk The absence of fathers does not put teens at significant risk Inconsistent messages about morality put teens at risk Gay teens are at risk Violent juvenile criminals should be treated as adults Juvenile criminals should not be treated as adults Gang injunctions can prevent teenage violence Gang-loitering ordinances are an objectionable approach to reducing teenage violence Juvenile boot camps can be effective in addressing teenage crime Juvenile boot camps do not reduce teenage crime Peace education can help reduce teenage violence Community-based efforts can help reduce teenage violence Teaching abstinence helps avert teen pregnancy Teaching abstinence puts teens at risk of pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases Long-term contraceptive devices can help prevent teen pregnancy Long-term contraceptive devices promote teen promiscuity Enforcing statutory rape laws can help reduce teen pregnancy Enforcing statutory rape laws will not reduce teen pregnancy Ending welfare will help reduce teen pregnancy Ending welfare will not reduce teen pregnancy The media encourage teen substance abuse The media exaggerate the extent of teen substance abuse An inadequate government antidrug effort has contributed to the problem of teen drug abuse An inadequate government antidrug effort is not responsible for teen drug abuse The government should combat teen smoking Government efforts to combat teen smoking are unnecessary and wasteful Part I Part II Gene Stephens -- Kirk A. Astroth -- Mona Charen -- Mike Males -- Wade F. Horn -- Stephanie Coontz -- Edward Grimsley -- Rosemarie Buchanan -- Linda J. Collier -- William Ayers -- Roger L. Conner -- George Brooks -- Eric Peterson -- Margaret Beyer -- Colman McCarthy -- Robert L. Woodson Sr. -- Maggie Gallagher -- M. Joycelyn Elders -- Margaret P. Battin -- Richard John Neuhaus -- Ralph deToledano -- Catherine Elton -- William J. Bennett and Peter Wehner -- Kristin A. Moore -- Barry R. McCaffrey -- Mike Males -- Rob Portman -- Jacob Sullum -- Donna E. Shalala -- Edwin Feulner, -- D.T. Armentano.
98023191
Teenagers with social disabilities--United States.
Problem youth--United States.
Juvenile delinquency--United States.
Teenage pregnancy--United States.
Teenagers--Substance use--United States.
HV1431.H965.T446 1999