Teens at risk : opposing viewpoints / Auriana Ojeda, Book Editor.
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BookSeries: Opposing viewpoints series. Publisher: San Diego : Greenhaven Press, c2003Description: 203 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 073771915X.Subject(s): Teenagers with social disabilities -- United States | Problem youth -- United States | Juvenile delinquency -- United States | Teenage pregnancy -- United States | Teenagers -- Susbstance use -- United States | Socially handicapped children -- United States | Juvenile delinquency -- United States | Teenage pregnancy -- United States | Teenagers -- Drug use| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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| 362.73 PEL The privilege of youth : | 362.73 RHO Three little words : | 362.74 STR Street and runaway teens / | 362.74 TEE Teens at risk : | 362.76 CHI Child abuse : | 362.76 CHI Child abuse : | 362.76 HAV Child abuse : |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-197) and index.
A variety of factors put teens at risk / Gene Stephens -- Teens are not at risk / Mike Males -- A violent society puts teens at risk / Peggy O'Mara -- Peer pressure puts teens at risk / Kathiann Kowalski -- Gay teens are at risk / Paula Schleis and Kim Hone-McMahan -- Abstinence-only sex education reduces teen sexual activity / Robert Rector -- Abstinence-only sex education is ineffective / Beborah M. Roffman -- Teenage parents should get married / Dana Mack -- Encouraging marriage does ot solve the problems associated witht eenage pregnancy / Isabel V. Sawhill -- Teenagers seeking contraception should be required to notify their parents / Kevin Brady -- Teenagers seeking contraception should not be required to nofity their parents / Center for Reproductive Law and Policy -- More teenage criminals should be tried as adults / Linda J. Collier -- Teenage criminals should not be tried as adults / Lisa A. Young -- Curfew laws can reduce teenage crime and violence / J. Richard Ward Jr. -- Curfew laws do not reduce teenage crime and violence / Jordan C. Budd -- Zero tolerance laws do not reduce teenage crime and violence / Jordan C. Budd -- Zero tolerance laws reduce teen crime and violence / Bito A. Gagliardi Jr. -- Zero tolerance laws are unfair / James Taranto -- Age restrictions on alcohol reduce teen drinking / Steve Chapman -- Age restrictions on alcohol do not reduce teen drinking / Andrew Stuttaford -- Drug education programs reduce teen drug use / Joseph A. Santoro -- Drug education programs do not reduce teen drug use / Ryan H. Sager -- Higher cigarette taxes would discourage teen smoking / Michael Grossman and Frank J. Chaloupka -- Higher cigarette taxes would not discourage been smoking / John Ashcroft.
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