Adolescents, Sex, and the Law: Preparing Adolescents for Responsible Citizenship (LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY: PSYCHOLOGY AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES)

By Roger J.R. Levesque

Although adolescents have sex, suffer the effects of domestic violence, and fall victim to sexual harassment, existing laws often prevent them from gaining access to the social services available to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557986096
• ISBN13: 9781557986092
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Amer Psychological Assn
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 2.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.3" x 1.5" x 7.5"

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Examines the reality of adolescent life

Adolescents, Sex, And The Law: Preparing Adolescents For Responsible Citizenship examines the reality of adolescent life through the social and legal history of adolescence in the United States; the legal precedents in regulating adolescent sexuality; the most common areas of legal control (school, the media, sexual victimization, sexual offending, parenthood); and Roger Levesque's proposal for social and legal reforms to ensure the adolescent's legal rights complement their social reality. Adolescents, Sex, And The Law is informative, scholarly, thought provoking, highly recommended reading for students of the legal, social, and sexual implications of adolescent behavior in American society and culture today.