American Youth Act
Title | American Youth Act PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Education and Labor |
Publisher | |
Pages | 346 |
Release | 1938 |
Genre | Occupational training |
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American Youth Act. Hearings Before a Subcommittee... on S. 1463...March 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11, 1938. (75th Cong., 3d Sess.)
Title | American Youth Act. Hearings Before a Subcommittee... on S. 1463...March 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11, 1938. (75th Cong., 3d Sess.) PDF eBook |
Author | United States. U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on education and Labor |
Publisher | |
Pages | 316 |
Release | 1938 |
Genre | |
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Runaway and Homeless Youth
Title | Runaway and Homeless Youth PDF eBook |
Author | Josiah Hughes |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Homeless youth |
ISBN | 9781607415213 |
There is no single definition of the term "runaway youth" or "homeless youth". However, both groups of youth share the risk of not having adequate shelter and other provisions, and may engage in harmful behaviours while away from a permanent home. The precise number of homeless and runaway youth is unknown due to their residential mobility and overlap among the populations. Determining the number of these youth is further complicated by the lack of a standardised methodology for counting the population and inconsistent definitions of what it means to be homeless or a runaway. Estimates of the homeless youth exceed one million. Thus homelessness among adolescents and young adults is a major social concern in the United States. In this book, the authors cite research indicating that youth may be the single age group most at risk of becoming homeless, yet comparatively little research has been done in the past decade on this vulnerable population. After reviewing the characteristics of homeless youth, the authors review recent research findings on the homeless youth population and interventions developed to address their housing and service needs. These include interventions directed at youth themselves (education, employment, social skills training) as well as family-focused strategies. The authors conclude with future directions for both research and practice. This book consists of public documents which have been located, gathered, combined, reformatted, and enhanced with a subject index, selectively edited and bound to provide easy access.
The Rage of Innocence
Title | The Rage of Innocence PDF eBook |
Author | Kristin Henning |
Publisher | Vintage |
Pages | 513 |
Release | 2021-09-28 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1524748919 |
A brilliant analysis of the foundations of racist policing in America: the day-to-day brutalities, largely hidden from public view, endured by Black youth growing up under constant police surveillance and the persistent threat of physical and psychological abuse "Storytelling that can make people understand the racial inequities of the legal system, and...restore the humanity this system has cruelly stripped from its victims.” —New York Times Book Review Drawing upon twenty-five years of experience representing Black youth in Washington, D.C.’s juvenile courts, Kristin Henning confronts America’s irrational, manufactured fears of these young people and makes a powerfully compelling case that the crisis in racist American policing begins with its relationship to Black children. Henning explains how discriminatory and aggressive policing has socialized a generation of Black teenagers to fear, resent, and resist the police, and she details the long-term consequences of racism that they experience at the hands of the police and their vigilante surrogates. She makes clear that unlike White youth, who are afforded the freedom to test boundaries, experiment with sex and drugs, and figure out who they are and who they want to be, Black youth are seen as a threat to White America and are denied healthy adolescent development. She examines the criminalization of Black adolescent play and sexuality, and of Black fashion, hair, and music. She limns the effects of police presence in schools and the depth of police-induced trauma in Black adolescents. Especially in the wake of the recent unprecedented, worldwide outrage at racial injustice and inequality, The Rage of Innocence is an essential book for our moment.
Hearings
Title | Hearings PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House |
Publisher | |
Pages | 2344 |
Release | 1939 |
Genre | |
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Youth Employment and Training Programs
Title | Youth Employment and Training Programs PDF eBook |
Author | National Research Council |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Pages | 510 |
Release | 1985-02-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0309035953 |
Do government-sponsored youth employment programs actually help? Between 1978 and 1981, the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act (YEDPA) funded extensive programs designed to aid disadvantaged youth. The Committee on Youth Employment Programs examined the voluminous research performed by YEDPA and produced a comprehensive report and evaluation of the YEDPA efforts to assist the underprivileged. Beginning with YEDPA's inception and effective lifespan, this report goes on to analyze the data it generated, evaluate its accuracy, and draw conclusions about which YEDPA programs were effective, which were not, and why. A discussion of YEDPA strategies and their perceived value concludes the volume.
Protecting Youth at Work
Title | Protecting Youth at Work PDF eBook |
Author | National Research Council and Institute of Medicine |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Pages | 335 |
Release | 1998-12-18 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0309064139 |
In Massachusetts, a 12-year-old girl delivering newspapers is killed when a car strikes her bicycle. In Los Angeles, a 14-year-old boy repeatedly falls asleep in class, exhausted from his evening job. Although children and adolescents may benefit from working, there may also be negative social effects and sometimes danger in their jobs. Protecting Youth at Work looks at what is known about work done by children and adolescents and the effects of that work on their physical and emotional health and social functioning. The committee recommends specific initiatives for legislators, regulators, researchers, and employers. This book provides historical perspective on working children and adolescents in America and explores the framework of child labor laws that govern that work. The committee presents a wide range of data and analysis on the scope of youth employment, factors that put children and adolescents at risk in the workplace, and the positive and negative effects of employment, including data on educational attainment and lifestyle choices. Protecting Youth at Work also includes discussions of special issues for minority and disadvantaged youth, young workers in agriculture, and children who work in family-owned businesses.