America's disconnected youth : toward a preventive strategy /

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Corporate Author: Child Welfare League of America (sponsoring body.)
Other Authors: Besharov, Douglas J. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : CWLA Press : American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, [1999]
Series:American Enterprise Institute library.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Douglas J. Besharov & Karen N. Gardiner
  • The plight of the inner-city black male / William Julius Wilson
  • Teen sexuality among inner-city white youth / Patricia Stern
  • Prevalence, patterns, and outcomes / Brett V. Brown & Carol Emig
  • Family background, church attendance, and school achievement / Linda Datcher Loury
  • Listening to young, inner-city African American males / Kathryn Taaffe McLearn & Shawn V. LaFrance
  • The "hallwalkers" / Hillard Pouncy
  • Improving links between high schools and careers / Robert I. Lerman
  • Focus high schools / Paul T. Hill
  • Extending the time of learning / Andrew Hahn
  • Youth development programs / Jodie Roth, Lawrence F. Murray, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, & William H. Foster
  • Epilogue / Hugh Price.