Teens at Risk

by Ojeda, Auriana

• ISBN13: 9780737719154
• ISBN10: 073771915X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-08-01
• Publisher: Greenhaven Pr

Summary

In this anthology, authors discuss the various factors that put teens at risk, including teen sex and pregnancy, juvenile crime and violence, and drug and alcohol use. Authors also debate ways to prevent teens from becoming at risk.

Table of Contents

Why Consider Opposing Viewpoints?	9	(12)
Introduction	12	(5)
What Factors Put Teens at Risk?
Chapter Preface	17	(2)
A Variety of Factors Put Teens at Risk	19	(9)
Gene Stephens
Teens Are Not at Risk	28	(6)
Mike Males
A Violent Society Puts Teens at Risk	34	(9)
Peggy O'Mara
Peer Pressure Puts Teens at Risk	43	(8)
Kathiann Kowalski
Gay Teens Are at Risk	51	(15)
Paula Schleis
Kim Hone-McMahan
Periodical Bibliography	62	(2)
How Can the Adverse Consequences of Teenage Sex and Pregnancy Be Reduced?
Chapter Preface	64	(2)
Abstinence-Only Sex Education Reduces Teen Sexual Activity	66	(10)
Robert Rector
Abstinence-Only Sex Education Is Ineffective	76	(7)
Deborah M. Roffman
Teenage Parents Should Get Married	83	(4)
Dana Mack
Encouraging Marriage Does Not Solve the Problems Associated with Teenage Pregnancy	87	(5)
Isabel V. Sawhill
Teenagers Seeking Contraception Should Be Required to Notify Their Parents	92	(6)
Kevin Brady
Teenagers Seeking Contraception Should Not Be Required to Notify Their Parents
Center for Reproductive Law and Policy	98	(5)
Periodical Bibliography	103	(2)
How Can Society Deal with Teenage Crime and Violence?
Chapter Preface	105	(2)
More Teenage Criminals Should Be Tried as Adults	107	(6)
Linda J. Collier
Teenage Criminals Should Not Be Tried as Adults	113	(8)
Lise A. Young
Curfew Laws Can Reduce Teenage Crime and Violence	121	(7)
J. Richard Ward Jr.
Curfew Laws Do Not Reduce Teenage Crime and Violence	128	(8)
Jordan C. Budd
Zero Tolerance Laws Reduce Teen Crime and Violence	136	(5)
Vito A. Gagliard Jr.
Zero Tolerance Laws Are Unfair	141	(9)
James Taranto
Periodical Bibliography	146	(2)
How Can Teen Substance Abuse Be Reduced?
Chapter Preface	148	(2)
Age Restrictions on Alcohol Reduce Teen Drinking	150	(5)
Steve Chapman
Age Restrictions on Alcohol Do Not Reduce Teen Drinking	155	(5)
Andrew Stuttaford
Drug Education Programs Reduce Teen Drug Use	160	(5)
Joseph A. Santoro
Drug Education Programs Do Not Reduce Teen Drug Use	165	(6)
Ryan H. Sager
Higher Cigarette Taxes Would Discourage Teen Smoking	171	(8)
Michael Grossman
Frank J. Chaloupka
Higher Cigarette Taxes Would Not Discourage Teen Smoking	179	(6)
John Ashcroft
Periodical Bibliography	184	(1)
For Further Discussion	185	(3)
Organizations to Contact	188	(8)
Bibliography of Books	196	(2)
Index	198