Age groups and generations

This study provides new insight, and helps to fill the informational void created by the lack of research on relocation effects upon the minority elderly, by focusing on signs of post-relocation mortality, psychosocial distress, and coping behavior in two groups of inner-city elderly black people.

Gangs are growing in many different social, economic, and political environments coupled with an alarming breakdown of public order.

Gangs are growing in many different social, economic, and political environments coupled with an alarming breakdown of public order.

This book represents the first major analysis of Anglo-Australian youth justice and penality to be published and it makes significant theoretical and empirical contributions to the wider field of comparative criminology.

This book represents the first major analysis of Anglo-Australian youth justice and penality to be published and it makes significant theoretical and empirical contributions to the wider field of comparative criminology.

This book examines how black children who grow up in an impoverished environment construct their social reality, and why this process is a particulary critical factor in their perception and creation of self.

This book examines how black children who grow up in an impoverished environment construct their social reality, and why this process is a particulary critical factor in their perception and creation of self.

This new edition of From Birth to Sixteen outlines children's physical, social, emotional and cognitive development from infancy through to adolescence.

This new edition of From Birth to Sixteen outlines children's physical, social, emotional and cognitive development from infancy through to adolescence.

At the onset of the twenty-first century, 'youth studies' emerged as a distinct field of inquisition.

At the onset of the twenty-first century, 'youth studies' emerged as a distinct field of inquisition.

How do people of different ages experience and engage with politics in their everyday lives, and how do these experiences and engagements change over their life course and across different generations?

How do people of different ages experience and engage with politics in their everyday lives, and how do these experiences and engagements change over their life course and across different generations?

Published in 1996, this book advocates and persuasively exemplifies a qualitative sociology of childhood, spoken repeatedly through children's voices.

Published in 1996, this book advocates and persuasively exemplifies a qualitative sociology of childhood, spoken repeatedly through children's voices.

Research into ageing and later life has tended to describe old age in relation to society's problems concerning health and social care.

Research into ageing and later life has tended to describe old age in relation to society's problems concerning health and social care.

How do adults understand youth?

How do adults understand youth?

Originally published in 1982, Rethinking Social Inequality is a collection of essays looking at the breadth of contemporary work in social inequality.

Originally published in 1982, Rethinking Social Inequality is a collection of essays looking at the breadth of contemporary work in social inequality.

Originally published in 1990, Youth in Transition addresses the issue of large-scale policy intervention, related to problems of employment in Britain's youth.

Originally published in 1990, Youth in Transition addresses the issue of large-scale policy intervention, related to problems of employment in Britain's youth.

The contributions to this collection focus on the intersecting dynamics of gender, generation and class in Southeast Asian rural communities engaging with expanding capitalist relations, whether in the form of large-scale corporate land acquisition or other forms of penetration of commodity economy.

The contributions to this collection focus on the intersecting dynamics of gender, generation and class in Southeast Asian rural communities engaging with expanding capitalist relations, whether in the form of large-scale corporate land acquisition or other forms of penetration of commodity economy.

Published in 1938, this book documents a psychological study carried out on behalf of the Girls' Public Day School Trust.

Published in 1938, this book documents a psychological study carried out on behalf of the Girls' Public Day School Trust.

This companion presents the newest research in this important area, showcasing the huge diversity in childrens relationships with digital media around the globe, and exploring the benefits, challenges, history, and emerging developments in the field.

This companion presents the newest research in this important area, showcasing the huge diversity in childrens relationships with digital media around the globe, and exploring the benefits, challenges, history, and emerging developments in the field.

Whilst assessment has long been central to the counselling process, with the recent moves towards evidence-based practice and increased regulation it is taking an increasingly pivotal role in service provision.

How can sociology inform our understanding of young people's experiences?

With an emphasis on promoting self-reliance, autonomy and independence, this exciting new book provides a contemporary and holistic analysis of the childhood resilience.

This lively and engaging book conducts a thorough review of the current research literature in developmental psychology and socialisation, and then clearly links theory to practical applications in both clinical and everyday situations.

Carol Hayden reviews evidence about children in trouble across a range of circumstances, demonstrating the tensions between welfare and justice, care and control in the treatment of these vulnerable young people and evaluating the implications of the current 'what works' debate within social policy.

Youth work is a means of promoting learning, equality and inclusion with young people.

The question of how boys become men or how girls become women may seem simple, but the answers can be complex.

What can sociology tell us about our personal lives, families and intimate relationships?

The new edition of this established core textbook continues to give an insightful, authoritative and accessible overview of competing theoretical positions on the sociological study of childhood.

Falling somewhere between childhood and adulthood, 'Youth' is a key period of transition.

In this thought-provoking text, a collection of respected authors with a wealth of academic and practice experience come together to challenge some of the prevailing ideas serving as the foundation for the current child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) structure.

The first edition of this popular book won praise for successfully exploring the inner world of contemporary adolescence.

If societies, like institutions, are built to endure, then the bond that exists between generations must be considered.

If societies, like institutions, are built to endure, then the bond that exists between generations must be considered.

Focusing on the contemporary period, this book brings together critical age studies and contemporary science fiction to establish the centrality of age and ageing in dystopian, speculative and science-fiction imaginaries.

Focusing on the contemporary period, this book brings together critical age studies and contemporary science fiction to establish the centrality of age and ageing in dystopian, speculative and science-fiction imaginaries.

This book provides an introduction to the theory and practice of mentoring, coaching and supervision in the context of early childhood education and care.

This book provides an introduction to the theory and practice of mentoring, coaching and supervision in the context of early childhood education and care.

This book offers a theoretically sophisticated and empirically rich study of the intersections of contemporary Christianity and youth culture, focusing on evangelical engagements with punk, hip hop, surfing, and skateboarding.

This book offers a theoretically sophisticated and empirically rich study of the intersections of contemporary Christianity and youth culture, focusing on evangelical engagements with punk, hip hop, surfing, and skateboarding.

What does it mean to be young in a changing world?