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Book SynopsisSubstance Misuse and Young People: Critical Issues is a comprehensive source of information on young people's requirements for assessment, treatment and other interventions because of their misuse of substances. It highlights approaches that enhance understanding of the routes that lead young people to substance misuse and also the routes away from it. The emergence of new substances and methods of misuse makes this ever more relevant. The authors are international experts in the fields of psychiatry, paediatrics, medicine, psychology, genetics, resilience, neuropharmacology and epidemiology.This book acknowledges how widespread both substance misuse and psychiatric disorders are and explores the complex, challenging links between co-occurring conditions. Use of substances is associated with illness and premature mortality, and more so for people who have combined disorders. The authors critically assess the vital need for intervention during adolescence and eTrade Review"Given the current crisis in adolescent mental health services, this timely handbook is a valuable and enlightening contribution to discussion, training and education. It explains the why and how of substance misuse among young people and gives guidance on what to do. The overall framing derives from addiction psychiatry but is relevant to all professions in today’s multi-disciplinary, multi-agency set of services. Succinct, clear and accessible chapters include comprehensive literature and evidence reviews, demonstrate the critical issue of complexity and show the way forward for prevention and early intervention."- Professor Susanne MacGregor, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine"Drug use generally starts when people are young so it is vital to understand the roles played by various factors in order to improve prevention, minimise immediate and enduring associated harms and optimise treatment. This book brings together a range of experts to provide the latest evidence alongside pragmatic advice in all these areas. It is a vital resource as specialist knowledge and services may be hard to access resulting in a large unmet need."- Professor Anne Lingford-Hughes, Professor of Addiction Biology, Imperial College London & Hon Consultant Psychiatrist, Central North West London NHS Foundation Trust. 'Given the current crisis in adolescent mental health services, this timely handbook is a valuable and enlightening contribution to discussion, training and education. It explains the why and how of substance misuse among young people and gives guidance on what to do. The overall framing derives from addiction psychiatry but is relevant to all professions in today’s multi-disciplinary, multi-agency set of services. Succinct, clear and accessible chapters include comprehensive literature and evidence reviews, demonstrate the critical issue of complexity and show the way forward for prevention and early intervention.'- Professor Susanne MacGregor, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine'Drug use generally starts when people are young so it is vital to understand the roles played by various factors in order to improve prevention, minimise immediate and enduring associated harms and optimise treatment. This book brings together a range of experts to provide the latest evidence alongside pragmatic advice in all these areas. It is a vital resource as specialist knowledge and services may be hard to access resulting in a large unmet need.' - Professor Anne Lingford-Hughes, Professor of Addiction Biology, Imperial College London & Hon Consultant Psychiatrist, Central North West London NHS Foundation TrustTable of ContentsChapter 1. Setting the Scene: Young People who Use and Misuse SubstancesCrome & WilliamsPART 1: Background ConsiderationsChapter 2. The Historical Context of Drug Use by Young PeopleMoldChapter 3. Drug Use from Adolescence to Later Years: Persistence or ProgressRobertson, Priyadarshi & JamesChapter 4. The Nature of Adolescence and its Family, Societal, Community, Cultural and Developmental ChallengesDruryChapter 5. Psychosocial Resilience, Adaptive Capacities and the Psychosocial ApproachWilliams & KempChapter 6. Acute Management of Substance Use Disorders in YouthCourtney & MilinPart 2: Epidemiology and Determinants of Substance Use and MisuseChapter 7.Epidemiology of Substance-Related Abuse Disorders Among Young PeopleFrisher & WestonChapter 8. Psychological Determinants of Substance Misuse by Young PeopleMcArdleChapter 9. Genetic and Environmental Determinants of Adolescent Alcohol UseClarke & CristChapter 10. Substance Misuse and Young People: Reward MechanismsNestor & NuttChapter 11. Pharmacogenetics of Opioid Addiction. Are They Relevant to Young People?Davey & BaldacchinoPart 3: The Drugs that Are Used and MisusedChapter 12. Central Nervous System DepressantsBloor & SgourosChapter 13. StimulantsBloor & SgourosChapter 14. CannabinoidsSgourosChapter 15. Novel Psychoactive Substances and InhalantsBloor & SgourosPart 4: Young People Who Have Particular NeedsChapter 16. Long-term Care Management of Young People: Substance Use and Misuse by Young People Who Have Long-term ConditionsGleeson & McDonaghChapter 17. Young People Who Use and Misuse Substances While They are PregnantBrandt, Moser & FischerChapter 18. Substance Misuse and Comorbid Psychiatric DisordersAhuja & CromeChapter 19. Substance Misuse and Forensic Adolescent Mental HealthBailey, Chitsabesan & TheodosiouPart 5: Needs Assessment, Screening and DiagnosisChapter 20. Needs Assessment: Assessing the Needs of Young People Who Use or Misuse SubstancesBloorChapter 21. Classification and Diagnosis: ICD-10 and DSM-5 and their Application to Young People Who Have Substance Use DisordersSgourosChapter 22. Screening and Standardised Assessment of Young PeopleBloorChapter 23. Diagnostic Laboratory InvestigationsBloorPart 6: Intervening to Help Young PeopleChapter 24. Educational and Family Approaches to Drug Prevention for Young PeopleCarlin & LeeChapter 25. Psychosocial TreatmentsTaylorChapter 26. Pharmacological InterventionsJudge & MellenChapter 27. Treatment of Adolescents Who Have Co-occurring Substance Misuse and Suicidal BehavioursGoldston, Tunno & Esposito-SmythersChapter 28. Towards A Learning Stance in Teams: Developing a Community of Practice to Capture and Disseminate What Works for WhomBevington

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Book SynopsisThis book provides an in-depth examination of adolescents' social development in the context of the family. Grounded in social domain theory, the book draws on the author's research over the past 25 years Draws from the results of in-depth interviews with more than 700 families Explores adolescent-parent relationships among ethnic majority and minority youth in the United States, as well as research with adolescents in Hong Kong and China Discusses extensive research on disclosure and secrecy during adolescence, parenting, autonomy, and moral development Considers both popular sources such as movies and public surveys, as well as scholarly sources drawn from anthropology, history, sociology, social psychology, and developmental psychology Explores how different strands of development, including autonomy, rights and justice, and society and social convention, become integrated and coordinated in adolescence Trade Review“Overall, this book gives great detail on adolescent parent relationships and how they effect the development of children . . . This is a comforting message, one very different from popular accounts, and one that parents and adolescents would benefit from appreciating” (Journal of Youth & Adolescence, 5 December 2012) “Few scholars have influenced the contemporary study of adolescent–parent relationships as much as Judith Smetana. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the ways in which family relationships are transformed during this stage of life.” —Laurence Steinberg, Temple University “In this very thoughtful book Judith Smetana provides deep and insightful understandings of adolescence. Smetana masterfully positions adolescence in explanations of difficulties and developmental progress during these years. This splendid book is indispensable for anyone interested in adolescence, social and family relationships, moral theory, culture, and development.” —Elliot Turiel, University of California BerkeleyTable of ContentsPreface vi 1 Introduction: Perspectives on Adolescents and Their Families 1 2 Studying Adolescent–Parent Relationships from the Lens of Developmental Psychology 13 3 Conflicts and Their Vicissitudes 31 4 Parents’ Voices: Conflicts and Social Conventions 43 5 Adolescents’ Voices: Autonomy and the Personal Domain 66 6 Autonomy, Conflict, Connectedness, and Culture 96 7 Adolescent Relationships and Development within and between Cultures 120 8 Adolescent–Parent Relationships in African American Families 139 9 Beliefs about Parental Authority 172 10 Parenting Styles and Practices 193 11 Disclosure and Secrecy in Adolescent–Parent Relationships 216 12 Coordinations and Change in Social Development 249 13 Life beyond Adolescence: Transitions to Adulthood 271 References 279 Author Index 306 Subject Index 313

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Book SynopsisThis book provides an in-depth examination of adolescents' social development in the context of the family. Grounded in social domain theory, the book draws on the author's research over the past 25 years Draws from the results of in-depth interviews with more than 700 families Explores adolescent-parent relationships among ethnic majority and minority youth in the United States, as well as research with adolescents in Hong Kong and China Discusses extensive research on disclosure and secrecy during adolescence, parenting, autonomy, and moral development Considers both popular sources such as movies and public surveys, as well as scholarly sources drawn from anthropology, history, sociology, social psychology, and developmental psychology Explores how different strands of development, including autonomy, rights and justice, and society and social convention, become integrated and coordinated in adolescence Trade Review“Overall, this book gives great detail on adolescent parent relationships and how they effect the development of children . . . This is a comforting message, one very different from popular accounts, and one that parents and adolescents would benefit from appreciating” (Journal of Youth & Adolescence, 5 December 2012) “Few scholars have influenced the contemporary study of adolescent–parent relationships as much as Judith Smetana. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the ways in which family relationships are transformed during this stage of life.” —Laurence Steinberg, Temple University “In this very thoughtful book Judith Smetana provides deep and insightful understandings of adolescence. Smetana masterfully positions adolescence in explanations of difficulties and developmental progress during these years. This splendid book is indispensable for anyone interested in adolescence, social and family relationships, moral theory, culture, and development.” —Elliot Turiel, University of California BerkeleyTable of ContentsPreface vi 1 Introduction: Perspectives on Adolescents and Their Families 1 2 Studying Adolescent–Parent Relationships from the Lens of Developmental Psychology 13 3 Conflicts and Their Vicissitudes 31 4 Parents’ Voices: Conflicts and Social Conventions 43 5 Adolescents’ Voices: Autonomy and the Personal Domain 66 6 Autonomy, Conflict, Connectedness, and Culture 96 7 Adolescent Relationships and Development within and between Cultures 120 8 Adolescent–Parent Relationships in African American Families 139 9 Beliefs about Parental Authority 172 10 Parenting Styles and Practices 193 11 Disclosure and Secrecy in Adolescent–Parent Relationships 216 12 Coordinations and Change in Social Development 249 13 Life beyond Adolescence: Transitions to Adulthood 271 References 279 Author Index 306 Subject Index 313

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Book SynopsisThe book, a special issue of the Journal of Research on Adolescence, includes a number of invited contributions by international leaders in the interdisciplinary field of adolescence development. Each paper is intended to review a major subfield of study within the interdisciplinary field of adolescence studies. Each article reviews scientific and scholarly research published during the first decade of the 21st century (2000-2010). Authors were asked to consider contributions from multiple disciplines, and to review important and influential theoretical methodological innovations, and key empirical findings with attention to diversity in representations and populations of adolescents. The Decade in Review issue has the potential for becoming a signature contribution of JRA. As such, the Decade in Review will further establish JRA as the premier journal in the field, and will be an anchor for the journal''s impact factor. With a diverseTable of ContentsIntroduction: A Decade Review of Research on Adolescence (Stephen T. Russell, Noel A. Card and Elizabeth J. Susman). Child Maltreatment and Adolescent Development (Penelope K. Trickett, Sonya Negriff, Juye Ji and Melissa Peckins). Braking and Accelerating of the Adolescent Brain (BJ Casey, Rebecca M. Jones, and Leah H. Somerville). Developmental Pathways in Juvenile Externalizing and Internalizing Problems (Rolf Loeber and Jeffrey D. Burke). Racial and Ethnic Differences: Socio-Cultural and Contextual Explanations (Ruth K. Chao and Michiko Otsuki-Clutter). Gender and Adolescent Development (David G. Perry and Rachel E. Pauletti). The Study of Adolescent Identity Formation 2000 – 2010: A Review of Longitudinal Research (Wim Meeus). Older and Newer Media: Patterns of Use and Effects on Adolescents’ Health and Wellbeing (Jane Brown). Neighborhood Poverty and Adolescent Development (Velma McBride Murry, Cady Berkel, Noni K. Gaylord-Harden, Nikeea Copeland, and Linder Maury Nation). Etiology, Treatment and Prevention of Obesity in Childhood and Adolescence: A Decade in Review (Donna Spruijt-Metz). Parenting and Peer Relationships: Reinvigorating Research on Family-Peer Linkages in Adolescence (B. Bradford Brown and Jeremy P. Bakken). Beyond Homophily: A Decade of Advances in Understanding Peer Influence Processes (Whitney A. Brechwald and Mitchell J. Prinstein). Puberty and Its Measurement: A Decade in Review (Lorah D. Dorn and Frank M. Biro). Coping With Relationship Stressors: A Decade Review (Inge Seiffge-Krenke). Judgment and Decision Making in Adolescence (Dustin Albert and Laurence Steinberg). Schools as Developmental Contexts during Adolescence (Jacquelynne S. Eccles and Robert W. Roeser). Normative sexuality development in adolescence: A decade in review 2000-2009 (Deborah L. Tolman and Sara I. McClelland). Research on Adolescent Sexual Orientation: Development, health Disparities, Stigma and Resilience (Elizabeth M. Saewyc). Brief Reviews. Insights on Adolescence from A Life Course Perspective (Monica Kirkpatrick Johnson, Robert Crosnoe, and Glen H. Elder, Jr.). Contributions of Anthropology to the Study of Adolescence (Alice Schlegel). A Consumer Way of Thinking: Linking Consumer Socialization and Consumption Motivation Perspectives to Adolescent Development (Soyeon Shim, Joyce Serido, and Bonnie L. Barber). Welcome to our world: Bridging youth development research in non-profit and academic communities (M. Deborah Bialeschki and Michael Conn). The Evolution of Adolescence and the Adolescence of Evolution: The Coming of Age of Humans and the Theory about the Forces that Made Them (Patricia H. Hawley).

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Book SynopsisOffers a challenging interpretation of the ways in which young people's non-participation is becoming marginalised and criminalised. It re-examines the causes and consequences of youth unemployment in and beyond the UK from an unusually wide range of social science disciplines and perspectives.Trade ReviewA wide-ranging, knowledgeable and sophisticated attempt to offer fresh insights and a strong challenge to the ways in which the young are marginalised and manipulated by dominant social forces." Professor Roger Smith, Critical Social Policy"Young People, Welfare and Crime is scholarly. It is readable. It provides an original analysis. This book excels on all levels …It offers a stunningly clear theoretical framework… Its interdisciplinary analysis is utterly compelling and masterful. The implications are profoundly unsettling…" Professor Jo Phoenix, British Journal of Criminology“Ross Fergusson shows that there is not just an economic and social crisis that affects the young in rich-world countries but also a crisis in our understanding of how and why it has come about. His book is a major new critique of several theories. It suggests what can be salvaged from current academic misunderstandings, and how academics can better work with others to begin to turn the tide for young adults who are treated as if they are no longer needed, or are useful only for menial work of little real value.” Danny Dorling, Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography, University of Oxford“Educational under-achievement and exclusion, diminishing labour-market opportunities and wholesale criminalisation comprise the adverse conditions within which complex youth-adult transitions are increasingly defined and disfigured internationally. Fergusson’s timely publication engages with these conditions empirically and theoretically with a level of analytical precision and authority that will make it an indispensable source for sociologists, social policy analysts and criminologists.” Barry Goldson, Charles Booth Chair of Social Science, University of Liverpool“Young people invariably bear the brunt of social and economic change – especially recessions, and the neo-liberal austerities and criminalising and neglectful injustices that follow them. Fergusson's original interdisciplinary analysis sets a convincing late modern context for grasping the depths of our crisis of youth as it explains why, how and upon whom the burdens of social exclusion fall the hardest.” Peter Squires, Professor of Criminology and Public Policy, University of Brighton"An extensive and detailed analysis ... [which] introduces us to new ways of conceptualising, theorising and analysing, within the social sciences, the criminalisation and marginalisation of youth." - Cambridge Core Journal of Social Policy"This is an important book. It challenges established approaches to understanding the lives of young people; works across disciplines; … and locates debates about participation, welfare and crime in a critical constellation of perspectives… The implications … are serious - not only for those young people who continue to defy the strictures of the state, but also for the principles of social justice and democracy... " Professor Robin Simmons, Young“This is an exciting book. Too often scholarly debates and policy thinking about young people take place in separate disciplinary fields, limiting the theoretical potential for understanding. Here Ross Fergusson has produced an important and novel contribution to the way that we should think about the exclusion of young people. The book is to be commended for its ambition in bringing together theory and research from youth studies, criminology, sociology and social policy, better to understand work, welfare and crime.” Rob MacDonald, Professor of Sociology, Teesside University“Ross Fergusson has important things to say. His book cuts through much muddled thinking about young people’s non-participation. It challenges dominant policy discourses about contemporary youth and much academic thinking, and offers an original and critically-informed analysis which disrupts the traditional disciplinary restrictions which limit our understanding of the lives of young people on the margins of education and work.” Robin Simmons, Professor of Education, University of Huddersfield“Working in sophisticated fashion across disciplines and theoretical approaches, this unique – and very welcome – book provides much-needed contemporary insights into the complex relationships among youth unemployment, welfare and crime.” Nick Ellison, Professor of Social Policy, University of YorkTable of ContentsPart One: The crisis of non-participation; Crises of non-participation; Part Two: Work, welfare and crime: research and policy; Young people and non-participation: discourses, histories, literatures; Non-participation, wages and welfare; Non-participation and crime: constructing connections; Unemployment, crime and recession; Interlude: Interpretive review; Part Three Theorising non-participation; Lines of division, points of entry: two theories; Theorising the non-participation-crime relationship; Part Four: Criminalising non-participation; The advance of criminalisation; Review and concluding comments.

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Book SynopsisOffers a challenging interpretation of the ways in which young people's non-participation is becoming marginalised and criminalised. It re-examines the causes and consequences of youth unemployment in and beyond the UK from an unusually wide range of social science disciplines and perspectives.Trade ReviewA wide-ranging, knowledgeable and sophisticated attempt to offer fresh insights and a strong challenge to the ways in which the young are marginalised and manipulated by dominant social forces." Professor Roger Smith, Critical Social Policy"Young People, Welfare and Crime is scholarly. It is readable. It provides an original analysis. This book excels on all levels …It offers a stunningly clear theoretical framework… Its interdisciplinary analysis is utterly compelling and masterful. The implications are profoundly unsettling…" Professor Jo Phoenix, British Journal of Criminology“Ross Fergusson shows that there is not just an economic and social crisis that affects the young in rich-world countries but also a crisis in our understanding of how and why it has come about. His book is a major new critique of several theories. It suggests what can be salvaged from current academic misunderstandings, and how academics can better work with others to begin to turn the tide for young adults who are treated as if they are no longer needed, or are useful only for menial work of little real value.” Danny Dorling, Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography, University of Oxford“Educational under-achievement and exclusion, diminishing labour-market opportunities and wholesale criminalisation comprise the adverse conditions within which complex youth-adult transitions are increasingly defined and disfigured internationally. Fergusson’s timely publication engages with these conditions empirically and theoretically with a level of analytical precision and authority that will make it an indispensable source for sociologists, social policy analysts and criminologists.” Barry Goldson, Charles Booth Chair of Social Science, University of Liverpool“Young people invariably bear the brunt of social and economic change – especially recessions, and the neo-liberal austerities and criminalising and neglectful injustices that follow them. Fergusson's original interdisciplinary analysis sets a convincing late modern context for grasping the depths of our crisis of youth as it explains why, how and upon whom the burdens of social exclusion fall the hardest.” Peter Squires, Professor of Criminology and Public Policy, University of Brighton"This is an important book. It challenges established approaches to understanding the lives of young people; works across disciplines; … and locates debates about participation, welfare and crime in a critical constellation of perspectives… The implications … are serious - not only for those young people who continue to defy the strictures of the state, but also for the principles of social justice and democracy... " Professor Robin Simmons, Young“This is an exciting book. Too often scholarly debates and policy thinking about young people take place in separate disciplinary fields, limiting the theoretical potential for understanding. Here Ross Fergusson has produced an important and novel contribution to the way that we should think about the exclusion of young people. The book is to be commended for its ambition in bringing together theory and research from youth studies, criminology, sociology and social policy, better to understand work, welfare and crime.” Rob MacDonald, Professor of Sociology, Teesside University"An extensive and detailed analysis ... [which] introduces us to new ways of conceptualising, theorising and analysing, within the social sciences, the criminalisation and marginalisation of youth." - Cambridge Core Journal of Social Policy“Ross Fergusson has important things to say. His book cuts through much muddled thinking about young people’s non-participation. It challenges dominant policy discourses about contemporary youth and much academic thinking, and offers an original and critically-informed analysis which disrupts the traditional disciplinary restrictions which limit our understanding of the lives of young people on the margins of education and work.” Robin Simmons, Professor of Education, University of Huddersfield“Working in sophisticated fashion across disciplines and theoretical approaches, this unique – and very welcome – book provides much-needed contemporary insights into the complex relationships among youth unemployment, welfare and crime.” Nick Ellison, Professor of Social Policy, University of YorkTable of ContentsPart One: The crisis of non-participation; Crises of non-participation; Part Two: Work, welfare and crime: research and policy; Young people and non-participation: discourses, histories, literatures; Non-participation, wages and welfare; Non-participation and crime: constructing connections; Unemployment, crime and recession; Interlude: Interpretive review; Part Three Theorising non-participation; Lines of division, points of entry: two theories; Theorising the non-participation-crime relationship; Part Four: Criminalising non-participation; The advance of criminalisation; Review and concluding comments.

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Book SynopsisDrawing on eight countries as case studies Professor Alan France tells the story of what impact the 2007 global crisis and the great recession that followed has had on our understandings of youth.Trade Review"I would highly recommend this book to scholars and students of political economy, the life course, and youth studies and the transition to adulthood. The substantive arguments are engaging, and the mode of analysis...will, I hope, influence future research in these fields." American Journal of Sociology"This book is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand that the global financial crisis means for young people – it has astounding depth and breadth and sets new agendas in the field of youth studies." Johanna Wyn, Director, Youth Research Centre, The University of Melbourne"One of the strengths of the book - and the key to its undoubted value to non-academic readers - is France's mastery of both the detail of social policy, and how policy interacts with lives actually lived by today's young people." SPERI Blog"With a rare, global perspective, this is a timely, valuable and important book that maps the social and economic fortunes and likely futures of young people after `the Great Recession’." Rob MacDonald, Teeside University"An extremely timely analysis of the conditions faced by young people in period following the Great Recession. With a strong theoretical foundation and an excellent empirical coverage of eight countries within the Global North, France explores the everyday worlds inhabited by young people, at the same time reminding us of the persistence of old inequalities and of the ineffectiveness of core policies." Andy Furlong, University of GlasgowTable of ContentsUnderstanding Youth in Contemporary Times; Theorising Youth; The Global Crisis and the ‘Age of Austerity’; Education and Training; The broken promise; Education and Training; From public benefit to private responsibility; Unemployment and Work; Precarious futures; NEETs and the Disengaged; The ‘new’ youth problem; Divergence and Difference: Contrasting cross-national experiences of being young; Education, Work and Welfare in Diverse Settings; Youth and Mobility; Inequality, leaving home and the question of youth migration; After the Crisis; Social change and what it means to be young.

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Book SynopsisDrawing on eight countries as case studies Professor Alan France tells the story of what impact the 2007 global crisis and the great recession that followed has had on our understandings of youth.Trade Review"I would highly recommend this book to scholars and students of political economy, the life course, and youth studies and the transition to adulthood. The substantive arguments are engaging, and the mode of analysis...will, I hope, influence future research in these fields." American Journal of Sociology"This book is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand that the global financial crisis means for young people – it has astounding depth and breadth and sets new agendas in the field of youth studies." Johanna Wyn, Director, Youth Research Centre, The University of Melbourne"One of the strengths of the book - and the key to its undoubted value to non-academic readers - is France's mastery of both the detail of social policy, and how policy interacts with lives actually lived by today's young people." SPERI Blog"With a rare, global perspective, this is a timely, valuable and important book that maps the social and economic fortunes and likely futures of young people after `the Great Recession’." Rob MacDonald, Teeside University"An extremely timely analysis of the conditions faced by young people in period following the Great Recession. With a strong theoretical foundation and an excellent empirical coverage of eight countries within the Global North, France explores the everyday worlds inhabited by young people, at the same time reminding us of the persistence of old inequalities and of the ineffectiveness of core policies." Andy Furlong, University of GlasgowTable of ContentsUnderstanding Youth in Contemporary Times; Theorising Youth; The Global Crisis and the ‘Age of Austerity’; Education and Training; The broken promise; Education and Training; From public benefit to private responsibility; Unemployment and Work; Precarious futures; NEETs and the Disengaged; The ‘new’ youth problem; Divergence and Difference: Contrasting cross-national experiences of being young; Education, Work and Welfare in Diverse Settings; Youth and Mobility; Inequality, leaving home and the question of youth migration; After the Crisis; Social change and what it means to be young.

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Book SynopsisDraws on in-depth research with marginalised young people and the professionals who support them to explore the implications of a `vulnerability zeitgeist', asking how far the rise of vulnerability in welfare and criminal justice processes serves the interests of those who are most disadvantaged.Trade Review"A really illuminating book on the contentious notion of vulnerability, and it should be read, debated and brought to bear on service design and development." Research, Policy and Planning"This insightful and timely book by Kate Brown is an excellent addition to new, critical, qualitative research that explores and questions key issues in social policy." Rob MacDonald, Teesside University“Innovative, beautifully written, well researched and eloquently argued. Finally a book that subjects the concept of `vulnerability’ to robust academic scrutiny, particularly in terms of the rise of its use to justify almost any type of intervention with children and young people. A must read for anyone interested in young people and social policy.” Jo Phoenix, Leicester University"Through a careful, theoretically rigorous analysis, Brown interrogates policy directives and practices that have seemingly championed the rights and needs of vulnerable citizens." Journal of Children and Poverty"Brown's central focus is an analysis of the life stories of vulnerable young people...what the book does brilliantly is to give them a voice." Times Higher Education"This essential book offers a groundbreaking study of the lived experience of vulnerability and its increasing importance to welfare and criminal justice systems, exploring fundamental questions of deservingness, human agency, care, governance and social control." John Flint, University of Sheffield"A unique and compelling account of the implications of a `vulnerability zeitgeist’ and an important contribution to an area of public policy that is not as benign as it can appear." Kenneth McLaughlin, Manchester Metropolitan UniversityTable of ContentsThe Vulnerability Zeitgeist; Making Sense of Vulnerability; The Rise of Vulnerability in Social Policy; Vulnerability Management; Vulnerable Young People’s Life Stories; Vulnerable Identities?; The Social Mediation of Vulnerability; Vulnerability, Care and Social Control.

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Book SynopsisDraws on in-depth research with marginalised young people and the professionals who support them to explore the implications of a `vulnerability zeitgeist', asking how far the rise of vulnerability in welfare and criminal justice processes serves the interests of those who are most disadvantaged.Trade Review"A really illuminating book on the contentious notion of vulnerability, and it should be read, debated and brought to bear on service design and development." Research, Policy and Planning"This insightful and timely book by Kate Brown is an excellent addition to new, critical, qualitative research that explores and questions key issues in social policy." Rob MacDonald, Teesside University“Innovative, beautifully written, well researched and eloquently argued. Finally a book that subjects the concept of `vulnerability’ to robust academic scrutiny, particularly in terms of the rise of its use to justify almost any type of intervention with children and young people. A must read for anyone interested in young people and social policy.” Jo Phoenix, Leicester University"Through a careful, theoretically rigorous analysis, Brown interrogates policy directives and practices that have seemingly championed the rights and needs of vulnerable citizens." Journal of Children and Poverty"Brown's central focus is an analysis of the life stories of vulnerable young people...what the book does brilliantly is to give them a voice." Times Higher Education"This essential book offers a groundbreaking study of the lived experience of vulnerability and its increasing importance to welfare and criminal justice systems, exploring fundamental questions of deservingness, human agency, care, governance and social control." John Flint, University of Sheffield"A unique and compelling account of the implications of a `vulnerability zeitgeist’ and an important contribution to an area of public policy that is not as benign as it can appear." Kenneth McLaughlin, Manchester Metropolitan UniversityTable of ContentsThe Vulnerability Zeitgeist; Making Sense of Vulnerability; The Rise of Vulnerability in Social Policy; Vulnerability Management; Vulnerable Young People’s Life Stories; Vulnerable Identities?; The Social Mediation of Vulnerability; Vulnerability, Care and Social Control.

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Book SynopsisDrawing on the findings of a two-year European research project, this book presents a new model for responding meaningfully and effectively the 'problem' of how to respond to violence involving young people that continues to challenge youth workers and policy makers.Trade Review"Impressively steps outside of the norms associated with existing youth work scholarship making an important, wide-ranging contribution to our knowledge of youth work’s role in responding to youth violence.” Ross Deuchar, University of the West of ScotlandTable of ContentsPreface ~ John Pitts; Part 1: Literature review, theoretical frame and researching youth violence; Youth work and youth violence in a European context; Our theoretical frame; Using participatory research methods to study youth violence; Part 2: Responding meaningfully to youth violence; Working at the personal (P) level; Working at the community(C) level; Working at the structural (S) level; Working at the existential (E) level; Part 3: Rethinking youth work practice and policy; Rethinking some youth worker tales; Working with intersectional identities; Creating policy for good practice; Part 4: Youth work responses in action - case studies of praxis; Responding to structural and symbolic violence: A comparative case study; A sports based response to youth violence; Exploring “Confrontational Pedagogy”; Embedding Community Work; Ethnopraxis in action; Imagining realistic alternatives.

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Book SynopsisDrawing on the findings of a two-year European research project, this book presents a new model for responding meaningfully and effectively the 'problem' of how to respond to violence involving young people that continues to challenge youth workers and policy makers.Trade Review"Impressively steps outside of the norms associated with existing youth work scholarship making an important, wide-ranging contribution to our knowledge of youth work’s role in responding to youth violence.” Ross Deuchar, University of the West of ScotlandTable of ContentsPreface ~ John Pitts; Part 1: Literature review, theoretical frame and researching youth violence; Youth work and youth violence in a European context; Our theoretical frame; Using participatory research methods to study youth violence; Part 2: Responding meaningfully to youth violence; Working at the personal (P) level; Working at the community(C) level; Working at the structural (S) level; Working at the existential (E) level; Part 3: Rethinking youth work practice and policy; Rethinking some youth worker tales; Working with intersectional identities; Creating policy for good practice; Part 4: Youth work responses in action - case studies of praxis; Responding to structural and symbolic violence: A comparative case study; A sports based response to youth violence; Exploring “Confrontational Pedagogy”; Embedding Community Work; Ethnopraxis in action; Imagining realistic alternatives.

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Book SynopsisThis engaging book paints a picture of passionate grassroots youth workers, at a time when their practice is threatened by spending cuts, target cultures and market imperatives. Using interviews, dialogue and research diary excerpts the author brings youth work practice and theory to life.Trade Review"Essential reading for youth workers and other creative and critical thinkers who are looking for the cracks where life can still break up and break through the grids of control." Janet Batsleer, Manchester Metropolitan University"written with an engaging freshness, honesty and vigour...Tania de St Croix has written the best book on youth work since Mark K. Smith’s seminal Creators not Consumers, published in 1980." Youth & Policy"An excellent resource for youthwork practitioners, capturing the difficult climate for youth work." Jess Bishop, Coventry University“An in-depth look at the devastating impacts of neoliberal reform policies on youth services and youth work that illuminates the dedication and passion of youth workers against the backdrop of a dehumanizing work environment.” Dana Fusco, York College USA "The book is essential reading for anyone in the youth work sector in England, and recommendations are included which appear most useful to organisations delivering youth work. The passion of the youth workers involved is inspiring while the situation in which many find themselves should act as a warning to international readers." Chris Martin, University of Leicester"A motivational and inspiring insight into the experiences of part-time and volunteer youth workers, providing an opportunity to hear their voices within policy and practice" Emma Chivers, University of South WalesTable of ContentsIntroduction; The marketisation of youth work; Passionate practice; Target cultures and performativity; Surveillance on the street; Practising differently; Reclaiming and reimagining youth work; Afterword: Research methodology Appendix: Research participants.

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Book SynopsisThis engaging book paints a picture of passionate grassroots youth workers, at a time when their practice is threatened by spending cuts, target cultures and market imperatives. Using interviews, dialogue and research diary excerpts the author brings youth work practice and theory to life.Trade Review"Essential reading for youth workers and other creative and critical thinkers who are looking for the cracks where life can still break up and break through the grids of control." Janet Batsleer, Manchester Metropolitan University"written with an engaging freshness, honesty and vigour...Tania de St Croix has written the best book on youth work since Mark K. Smith’s seminal Creators not Consumers, published in 1980." Youth & Policy“An in-depth look at the devastating impacts of neoliberal reform policies on youth services and youth work that illuminates the dedication and passion of youth workers against the backdrop of a dehumanizing work environment.” Dana Fusco, York College USA "The book is essential reading for anyone in the youth work sector in England, and recommendations are included which appear most useful to organisations delivering youth work. The passion of the youth workers involved is inspiring while the situation in which many find themselves should act as a warning to international readers." Chris Martin, University of Leicester"An excellent resource for youthwork practitioners, capturing the difficult climate for youth work." Jess Bishop, Coventry University"A motivational and inspiring insight into the experiences of part-time and volunteer youth workers, providing an opportunity to hear their voices within policy and practice" Emma Chivers, University of South WalesTable of ContentsIntroduction; The marketisation of youth work; Passionate practice; Target cultures and performativity; Surveillance on the street; Practising differently; Reclaiming and reimagining youth work; Afterword: Research methodology Appendix: Research participants.

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Book SynopsisThrough the perspectives of young people themselves, this book reviews changes in policy and practices that affected the generation of young people who grew up in state care in China during the last 20 years.Trade Review"This book provides us with intriguing stories of Chinese orphans in their adulthood. It also offers a telling argument for changing practices to ensure a better future for children in state care." Kinglun Ngok, Centre for Public Administration Research, Sun Yat-Sen UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction to leaving state care in China Children in alternative care Alternative care practices in child welfare institutions Leaving care policies Social inclusion impact of a childhood in state care Self-identity of young people leaving state care Economic security of young people leaving care Social networks and employment of young people leaving care Housing pathways of young people leaving care State support for children in informal care Growing up in institutional family group care Policy implications for young people leaving care in China

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Book SynopsisYouth migration is a global phenomenon, and it is gendered. This collection presents original studies on gender and youth migration from the 19th century onwards, from international and interdisciplinary perspectives.Trade Review"A fascinating collection of research on gendered experiences and processes of migration in diverse international contexts." John Horton, University of NorthamptonTable of ContentsIntroduction: Gender and Youth Migration ~ Glenda Tibe Bonifacio; Part 1 Imperial Histories; Childhood and Imperial Training, 1875-1914 ~ Rebecca J. Bates; Waifs, Strays, and Foundlings: Illegitimacy, Gender, and Youth Migration from Britain, 1870-1930 ~ Ginger Frost; "Child Rescue at Home, Overseas Migration within the Empire": Child Emigration Society during Interwar Period (1918-1939) ~ Mairena Hirschberg; Part II Negotiating Identities; Senegalese Young Women in Paris and New York: Empowerment and Shifting Identities through Migration ~ Medina Ina Niang; Homophobia, Transphobia and the Homonationalist Gaze: Challenges of Young Bangladeshi Homosexuals and Transgenders in Migration ~ Raihan M. Sharif; From ‘Coming Out’ to ‘Undocuqueer’: Intersections between Illegality and Queerness within the U.S. Undocumented Youth Movement ~ Ina Batzke; Syrian Youth in Turkey: Gender and Problems Outside the Refugee Camps ~ Elif Gökçearslan Çifci and Dilek Kurnaz; Part III Education; Filipino Youth Professionals in Alberta, Canada: Shaping Gender and Education Landscapes? ~ Maria Veronica G. Caparas; Life in Cold Lake: Childhood, Mobility and Social Structures ~ Gabriel Asselin; Gender Gap among Second-generation Students in Higher Education: The Italian Case ~ Alessandro Bozzetti; Balancing Family, Aspirations, and Higher Education: The Gendered Experiences of Second Generation Arab American College Women ~ Pamela Aronson and Ivy Forsthe-Brown; Young, Educated, and Female: Narratives of Post-1991 Internal Albanian Migration ~ Ermira Danaj; Part IV Work; Characteristics and Gender Differences of Young Hungarian’s Attitudes and Intentions on Emigration ~ Ibolya Czibere and Andrea Rácz; Youth Perspectives: Migration, Poverty and the Future of Farming in Rural Ethiopia ~ Logan Cochrane and Siera Vercillo; Intersectional Experiences of Young Migrant Women in Istanbul ~ Bayram Ünal; Conclusion ~ Glenda Tibe Bonifacio.

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Book SynopsisThis book assesses the challenges young people face in the contemporary labour markets of England and Germany in the context of mass migration, rising nationalism and accelerating technological change, and considers the resources and skills young people in Europe will need in the future.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Pathways to adulthood Social structure and inequality Identity and social media Youth and Europe Navigating the transition to adulthood Education, capability and skills Smart families and community Political participation, mobilisation and the internet Impact of COVID-19 on youth Conclusions: Youth policy challenges

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Book SynopsisFocusing on youth activism for greater equality, liberty and mutual care - radical democracy - this timely collection explores the movement's impacts on community organisations and workers. Essays from the Global North and Global South cover the Black Lives Matter movement, environmental activism and the struggles of refugees.Table of ContentsPART I Young people: radical democracy and community development Introduction: Young people, radical democracy and community development - Janet Batsleer, Harriet Rowley and Demet Lüküslü Thinking/acting with migrants under neoliberalism: "It's horrible to perceive solidarity as merely absorbing the sorrow of one side". - Cihan Erdal PART II Young people acting together for eco-justice Imagining the future under capitalism: young people involved in environmental activism in an economic crisis - Dena Arya Community building for and through sustainable food - Dominic Zimmermann Daring, dissolving and dancing: making communities with water - Róisín O’Gorman PART III Acts of citizenship? Community development, empowerment and youth participation in social-housing neighbourhoods in France - Gülçin Erdi LGBTQ+ young peoples’ sexuality and gender citizenship in digital spaces - Sally Carr and Ali Hanbury Enabling spaces for and with marginalised young people: the case of the Disha peer support and speak out group - Sadhana Natu Meaningful youth engagement in community programming in Kenya - Yvonne Akinyi Ochieng, Su Lyn Corcoran and Kate Pahl PART IV Black lives still matter Conceptualising community development through a pedagogy of convivência: youth, race and territory in Brazil - Fernando Lannes Fernandes and Andrea Rodriguez "I did not want the project to end. For me, it should last forever": exploring a community development framework based on learned lessons from marginalised youth voices in Brazil - Andrea Rodriguez and Fernando Lannes Fernandes Burning work: field map - Christxpher Oliver PART V Practising hope They are not your warriors: intergenerational tensions and practices of hope in young people’s environmental activism - Dena Arya Afterword: Community as prefigurative practice – practices of hope - Janet Batsleer, Harriet Rowley and Demet Lüküsl ü

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Book SynopsisThis book powerfully sets out the case for Transitional Safeguarding, a new approach to protection and safeguarding designed to address the needs and behaviours of young people aged 15-24 who are falling between gaps in current systems, with often devastating results.

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Book SynopsisAddressing previously neglected groups of care leavers such as unaccompanied migrants, street youth, young parents and those with a disability, this book considers the precarity often experienced by many care leavers. It makes research relevant to practitioners and policy-makers aiming to enable, rather than label, vulnerable groups.Trade Review"The profound insights of ‘Living on the Edge’ shed light on a path towards a more empathetic and informed understanding of care-leaving journeys. This gem of a book is a must-read for anyone dedicated to the wellbeing of our youth, offering essential guidance on how to effectively engage with them and ethically co-create knowledge." Rawan W. Ibrahim, PhD, INTRACTable of ContentsIntroduction: Moving Towards the Edge – Samuel Keller, Inger Oterholm, Veronika Paulsen and Adrian D. van Breda Part 1: Groups of Care Leavers Living on the Edge 1. Unaccompanied Migrant Youth Leaving Care in Spain: How Their Journeys Differ from Those of Other Care Leavers – Laura García Alba, Federica Gullo 2. ‘The Question Is: Will the Street Leave Us?’ Care-Leavers with a Street-Connected Past – Marcela Losantos Velasco 3. Care-Leavers’ Reflections on Resilience Processes Acquired While Living on the Street Prior to Coming Into Residential Care in South Africa - Malose Samuel Mokgopha, Adrian D. Van Breda and Sue Bond 4. LGBTQIA+ Foster Care Leavers: Creating Equitable and Affirming Systems of Care – June Paul Part 2: Methods of Care Leaving Research 5. Institutional Ethnography: Linking the Individual and the Institutional in Care Leaving Research – Ingri-Hanne Braenne Bennwik and Inger Oterholm 6. Methodological Issues When Interviewing Disabled Care Leavers: Lessons Learned from South Africa, Norway and Northern Ireland – Wendy Mupaku, Ingri-Hanne Braenne Bennwik and Berni Kelly 7. Trauma-Informed Research with Young People Transitioning From Care: Balancing Methodological Rigour With Participatory and Empowering Practice – Jade Purtell 8. Care Foundations: Making Care Central in Research with Care-Experienced People – Róisín Farragher, Petra Göbbels-Koch, John Paul Horn, and Annie Smith Part 3: Theory and Conceptualisation of Leaving Care 9. Stability in Residential Out of Home Care in Australia: How Can We Understand it? – Jenna Bollinger 10. Living an Unstable Life: Exploring Facets of Instability in the Lives of Care Leavers in Denmark – Anne-Kirstine Mølholt 11. Understanding the Risk of Suicide Among Care Leavers: The Potential Contribution of Theories – Petra Göbbels-Koch 12. Getting By and Getting Ahead in Australia: A Conceptual Approach to Examining the Individual Impact of Informal Social Capital on Care Leaver Transitions – Jacinta Waugh, Philip Mendes and Catherine Flynn Conclusion: Going Over the Edge – Adrian D. van Breda, Veronika Paulsen, Inger Oterholm and Samuel Keller

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Book SynopsisThis book shares stories from child sexual exploitation, child criminal exploitation and peer violence about what has been learnt from the Contextual Safeguarding approach to understanding harm that happens to young people in their communities and what is required to respond.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Contextual Safeguarding but not as you know it - Carlene Firmin and Jenny Lloyd Part 1. Domain 1: The target of the system 2. From peers and parks to patriarchy and poverty: inequalities in young people’s experiences of extra-familial harm and the child protection system - Lauren Wroe, Jenny Lloyd and Molly Manister 3. Identifying and responding to structural and system drivers of extra-familial harm using a Contextual Safeguarding approach - Molly Manister, Lauren Wroe and Carly Adams Elias 4. Value-informed approaches to peer mapping and assessment: learning from test sites - Carly Adams Elias, Lisa Marie Thornhill and Hannah Millar Part 2. Domain 2: The legislative basis of the system 5. Reimagining Community Safety as community safeguarding in response to extra-familial harm - Joanne Walker and Carlene Firmin 6. Contextual Safeguarding beyond the UK - Delphine Peace 7. Decolonising practice: ‘doing’ Contextual Safeguarding with an ethics of care - Vanessa Bradbury-Leather and Sue Rayment-McHugh Part 3. Domain 3: The partnerships that characterise the system 8. “If you want to help us, you need to hear us” - Hannah Millar, Joanne Walker and Elsie Whittington 9. Parents as partners: destigmatising the role of parents of children affected by extra familial harm - Lisa Marie Thornhill 10. What can we learn from multi-agency meetings to address extra-familial harm to young people? - Lisa Bostock Part 4. Domain 4: The outcomes the system produces and measures 11. Developing outcomes measurements in Contextual Safeguarding: explorations of theory and practice - Jenny Lloyd and Rachael Owens 12. Counting children and chip shops: dilemmas and challenges in evaluating the impact of Contextual Safeguarding - Michelle Lefevre, Paula Skidmore and Carlene Firmin 13. Gather round: stories that expand the possibilities of Contextual Safeguarding practice - Rachael Owens 14. Conclusion: Creating societies where children can know love - Jenny Lloyd and Carlene Firmin

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Book SynopsisThis book shares stories from child sexual exploitation, child criminal exploitation and peer violence about what has been learnt from the Contextual Safeguarding approach to understanding harm that happens to young people in their communities and what is required to respond.Trade Review"Excellent book which articulates the challenges of risk management or rather, responding to the myriad risks encountered by children and young people. It is accessible to students and practitioners and I am sure both will benefit from this book." Ross Gibson, University of StrathclydeTable of Contents1. Introduction: Contextual Safeguarding but not as you know it - Carlene Firmin and Jenny Lloyd Part 1. Domain 1: The target of the system 2. From peers and parks to patriarchy and poverty: inequalities in young people’s experiences of extra-familial harm and the child protection system - Lauren Wroe, Jenny Lloyd and Molly Manister 3. Identifying and responding to structural and system drivers of extra-familial harm using a Contextual Safeguarding approach - Molly Manister, Lauren Wroe and Carly Adams Elias 4. Value-informed approaches to peer mapping and assessment: learning from test sites - Carly Adams Elias, Lisa Marie Thornhill and Hannah Millar Part 2. Domain 2: The legislative basis of the system 5. Reimagining Community Safety as community safeguarding in response to extra-familial harm - Joanne Walker and Carlene Firmin 6. Contextual Safeguarding beyond the UK - Delphine Peace 7. Decolonising practice: ‘doing’ Contextual Safeguarding with an ethics of care - Vanessa Bradbury-Leather and Sue Rayment-McHugh Part 3. Domain 3: The partnerships that characterise the system 8. “If you want to help us, you need to hear us” - Hannah Millar, Joanne Walker and Elsie Whittington 9. Parents as partners: destigmatising the role of parents of children affected by extra familial harm - Lisa Marie Thornhill 10. What can we learn from multi-agency meetings to address extra-familial harm to young people? - Lisa Bostock Part 4. Domain 4: The outcomes the system produces and measures 11. Developing outcomes measurements in Contextual Safeguarding: explorations of theory and practice - Jenny Lloyd and Rachael Owens 12. Counting children and chip shops: dilemmas and challenges in evaluating the impact of Contextual Safeguarding - Michelle Lefevre, Paula Skidmore and Carlene Firmin 13. Gather round: stories that expand the possibilities of Contextual Safeguarding practice - Rachael Owens 14. Conclusion: Creating societies where children can know love - Jenny Lloyd and Carlene Firmin

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Book SynopsisDuring adolescence, young people are exposed to a range of harms and risks beyond their family homes and this book assesses social care organisations' safeguarding responses across 10 countries. The authors highlight key areas for service development and give insights into how these risks and harms can be responded to in the future.Table of Contents1. The emerging concept of extra-familial risks and harms 2. A framework for analysing the evidence 3. Building relationships 4. Improving interagency collaboration 5. Changing contexts of harm 6. Addressing the specific dynamics of risk and harm 7. A youth-centred paradigm 8. A framework for designing and improving responses 9. New directions for the UK and beyond

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Book SynopsisAdolescence is the most misunderstood period of our lives. Coming of Age draws on a decade of expert research to get beneath the stereotypes, expose the myths and reveal the real reasons why teens behave the way they do. Covering all the characteristic behaviours of adolescents - from peer pressure and risk-taking, to sex, love, bullying, friendship and more - adolescent psychologist Lucy Foulkes shows that time and again we mistake, dismiss and even try to prevent what is actually normal and healthy. Among many surprising insights, she explains why self-consciousness, anxiety and sensation-seeking are crucial features of this developmental phase. She shows that teenagers are socially conservative as much as rebellious, and that apparent recklessness is usually calculated. She reveals why being popular can be just as hard as being lonely, and why friendships at this age shape us for life. Adolescence is often difficult, sometimes extremely so, and most of us have yet to come to terms with our own. And yet Foulkes shows that adolescents have an extraordinary capacity for resilience, empathy and mutual support, and that even the most challenging experiences are part of an essential process of self-discovery. This is why understanding adolescence is the key to understanding ourselves.

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Book SynopsisYoung people between the ages of 13 and 19 from all over the US were interviewed for this book. In it, they discuss fears, plans, ambitions, and even nostalgia for the simplicity of childhood.

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Book SynopsisThe events of 1999’s Columbine shooting preoccupy Forsythe in these poems, refracting her vision to encompass killer, victim, and herself as a girl, suddenly aware of the precarity of her own life and the porousness of her body to others’ gaze, demands, violence. Deeply researched and even more deeply felt, Perennial inhabits landscapes of emerging adulthood and explosive cruelty—the hills of Pittsburgh and the sere grass of Colorado; the spines of books in a high school library that has become a killing ground; the tenderness of children as they grow up and grow hard, becoming acquainted with dread, grief, and loss.

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Book SynopsisHope Such a small word. Just one syllable. Only four letters. Yet that single, simple word has embodied and defined SpringHill from the very beginning—and it continues to describe SpringHill today, with nearly fifty years and over half a million changed lives. SpringHill is not just another summer camp. In his book, Experience = Everything, author Michael Perry takes you inside the SpringHill experience, an innovative approach to helping children find God not only in quiet contemplation and formal prayer but also in canoeing on a lake, or while riding horses on country trails, or while braving an outdoor high-ropes course. Or, yes, even on a zip line. If you’re a parent, grandparent, a youth or children’s pastor leader, a teacher, or just someone who loves young people, Michael Perry will give you a glimpse into how SpringHill creates these life-changing experiences, and how you too can do the same.

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Book SynopsisIn recent years the British mass media have discovered a new and urgent social problem - the Asian gang. Images of urban deprivation and the Underclass have combined with fears of growing youth militancy and masculinities-in-crisis to position Asian, and especially Muslim, young men as the new folk devil. This reimagination of Asian young men has focused on violence, drug abuse and crime, set against a backdrop of cultural conflict, generational confusion and religious fundamentalism. The Asian gang, it seems, is the inevitable product of these social forces. But what is the reality? Based on three years fieldwork with a group of Bangladeshi young men in inner-city London, this book attempts to explore the complex mythologies and realities of contemporary Asian youth experience. Taking the gang as its starting point, the study examines the interaction of representation and reality, ethnicity and masculinity in a textured, in-depth and personal perspective that challenges traditional views on Asian communities and identities.Trade Review'Refreshing and highly readable.'Contemporary Sociology'Alexander's book is a fascinating analysis of the social construction and demonisation of Asian young men as members of 'the Asian Gang' ... A fascinating and challenging account of the construction of meaning of racialised masculinity and a welcome addition to studies of the social construction of identity.'Gender, Place and Culture'It is rare to find a book that comes anywhere near allowing its informants to 'live and breathe' within the scope of its bleached pages. Claire Alexander's book on young 'Bengali' men in London does just that.'Ethnic and Racial Studies'This is an exceptional book that is both lucid and engaged ... The Asian Gang could be a landmark in how to conduct social research.'Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies'Through interviews with several young people Alexander nicely debunks the notion that they might embrace a unified Asian identity based exclusively (or primarily) on ethnicity.

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Book SynopsisWhat does it mean to be young in a changing world? How are migration, settlement and new urban cultures shaping young lives? And in particular, are race, place and class still meaningful to contemporary youth cultures? This path-breaking book shows how young people are responding differently to recent social, economic and cultural transformations. From the spirit of white localism deployed by de-industrialized football supporters, to the hybrid multicultural exchanges displayed by urban youth, young people are finding new ways of wrestling with questions of race and ethnicity. Through globalization is whiteness now being displaced by black culture -- in fashion, music and slang -- and if so, what impact is this having on race politics? Moreover, what happens to those people and places that are left behind by changes in late modernity? By developing a unique brand of spatial cultural studies, this book explores complex formations of race and class as they arise in the subtle textures of whiteness, respectability and youth subjectivity. This is the first book to look specifically at young ethnicities through the prism of local-global change. Eloquently written, its riveting ethnographic case studies and insider accounts will ensure that this book becomes a benchmark publication for writing on race in years to come.Trade Review'Race, Place and Globalization is a critical ethnography of the construction of young white masculinities in North-East England. It provides a locally grounded understanding of the experience of globalization from the perspective of those at its cutting edge. The Real Geordies, Charver Kids, Wiggers and Wannabees who we encounter in the course of this most engaging book are no ciphers of some abstract social theory. In Anoop Nayaks skilful narrative, they emerge as real, live, embodied and contradictory identities. The author combines a geographical interest in the dynamics of place, space and location with a wider perspective on the cultural politics of race, class and gender. It makes compelling reading and deserves a wide audience.'Peter Jackson, University of Sheffield 'Cross-racial identifications among young people of various racial backgrounds in England, but also racisms, are the topics of "Race, Place and Globalization: Youth Cultures in a Changing

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Book SynopsisAn examination of the treatment of juveniles who kill in different European countries. From the tragic Mary Bell and Jamie Bulger murder cases to events world-wide: An expert analysis of what is a global, not just a UK phenomenon. This unique and powerful account includes contributions by 25 legal, medical and psychiatric experts from Europe and CIS states including the author Gita Sereny, Allan Levy QC, Dr. Norman Tutt, Dr Susan Bailey and Peter Badge. There is a also a special chapter by Mary-Anne Kirvan on the position in Canada. Simply excellent and containing information and data not available elsewhere. Published in association with the British Juvenile and Family Courts Society (BJFCS). Reviews 'Highly recommended': The Law 'A rich source of information': British Journal of Social Work 'If you work with children in any of the jurisdictions I think you should read this book': Internet Law Book Reviews Editor Paul Cavadino is principal information officer at the National Association for the Rehabilitation of Offenders (NACRO) and chair of the Penal Affairs Consortium. His other publications include Introduction to the Criminal Justice Process and Bail: The Law, Best Practice and the Debate (now out of print) both with Bryan Gibson.Trade Review'Highly recommended':The Law. 'A rich source of information':British Journal of Social Work.'If you work with children in any of the jurisdictions I think you should read this book': Internet Law Book Reviews.

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Book SynopsisThis book is a collection of papers presented at the International Conference on Youth Empowerment over the last four years. It explores the relationship between youth volunteerism and empowerment which is considered as an inherent cornerstone in the social and psychological growth for youth. Written by a team of experts on issues about youth, the book presents the various theories, models, paradigms and concepts related to youth empowerment and volunteerism. With selected examples in countries around the world, it also reveals to us how different cultures infuse their own history, language, mores, laws, policies, demographics, and socio-political infrastructures in facilitating youth empowerment and volunteerism. Youth hold the key to the world of the future, and empowering youth is actually a human empowerment toward a better world of great hope. In this collection, one clearly sees how youth are empowered through volunteerism; given the chance to serve their communities, youth can indeed become responsible citizens of tomorrow.

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