Adolescents at risk : prevalence and prevention /

Dryfoos, Joy G.

Adolescents at risk : prevalence and prevention / Joy G. Dryfoos. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1990. - 1 online resource (vi, 280 pages)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction: Hypotheses and Theories; I. High-Risk Behavior; 2. The Setting: A Description of Adolescents in the United States; 3. Prevalence of Delinquency; 4. Prevalence of Substance Abuse; 5. Prevalence of Adolescent Pregnancy; 6. Prevalence of School Failure and Dropping Out; 7. The Overlap in High-Risk Behaviors; II. The Prevention Record: What Works and What Doesn't; 8. Classification and Organization of Programs; 9. Prevention of Delinquency; 10. Prevention of Substance Abuse; 11. Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancy; 12. Prevention of School Failure and Dropping Out.

1. Introduction: Hypotheses and Theories. PART I: High-Risk Behavior. 2. The Setting: A Description of Adolescents in the United States. 3. Prevalence of Delinquency. 4. Prevalence of Substance Abuse. 5. Prevalence of Adolescent Pregnancy. 6. Prevalence of School Failure. 7. The Overlap in High-Risk Behaviors. PART II: Prevention Interventions. 8. Classification and Organization of Programs. 9. Prevention of Delinquency. 10. Prevention of Substance Abuse. 11. Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancy. 12. Prevention of School Failure and Dropping Out. PART III: Shaping a Strategy to Prevent High-Risk.

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Teenagers with social disabilities--United States.
Teenagers--Counseling of--United States.
Juvenile delinquency--Prevention.--United States
Drug abuse--Prevention.--United States
Teenage pregnancy--United States.
High school dropouts--United States.
Teenage pregnancy.
Counseling
Juvenile Delinquency--prevention & control
Pregnancy in Adolescence
Social Behavior Disorders
Student Dropouts
Substance-Related Disorders--prevention & control
Adolescent
Adolescents socialement défavorisés--États-Unis.
Adolescents--Counseling--États-Unis.
Délinquance juvénile--Prévention.--États-Unis
Toxicomanie--Prévention.--États-Unis
Grossesse chez l'adolescente--États-Unis.
Décrocheurs (Enseignement secondaire)--États-Unis.
Counseling.
Grossesse chez l'adolescente.
counseling.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Social Security.
Drug abuse--Prevention.
High school dropouts.
Juvenile delinquency--Prevention.
Teenage pregnancy.
Teenagers--Counseling of.
Teenagers with social disabilities.


United States
United States.

Adolescents. United States.


Electronic books.
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