Youth Studies Australia articles from December 2003

Youth Studies Australia archives from December 2003

In two minds about youth.
December 1, 2003... The content of the last issue of YSA for the year exemplifies not only the diversity of disciplines covered in the youth studies field but also some of its more topical issues. If it were necessary to choose a word to describe a theme common to...

A study of the attitudes and behaviours of young adults across Australia has produced some unexpected findings.(Priorities)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... A study of the attitudes and behaviours of young adults across Australia has produced some unexpected findings. The study, conducted by Sweeney Research (a market research group) and Spin Communications (a youth marketing agency), was based on...

These days, says Professor Johanna Wyn, director of the Youth Research Centre at the University of Melbourne, young people have a different idea about what matters in life from their parents.(Priorities)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... * These days, says Professor Johanna Wyn, director of the Youth Research Centre at the University of Melbourne, young people have a different idea about what matters in life from their parents. Professor Wyn's team has recently completed the...

Pressing concerns.(Attitudes & opinions)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... A new survey in the annual series undertaken on behalf of Mission Australia, a welfare group, asked 1,500 13-24-year-olds to rank their concerns on a range of matters. About 55% of respondents ranked depression and suicide among their three...

Paying attention.(Attitudes & opinions)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Putting to rest the myth that teenagers and young adults rebel against their parents, the 2003 Youth Survey, undertaken on behalf of the Western Australian government, found that family, friends and teachers were the ones whom young people...

Advice too vague.(Bullying & violence)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... School Poll, a survey commissioned last year by Senator Lyn Allison on behalf of the Australian Democrats, drew 700 online responses from Year 11 students across the country. It questioned students on a range of topics, from teacher quality to...

Threatened by drunks.(Bullying & violence)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... About 800 15-17-year-olds took part in the 2003 survey conducted for the National Alcohol Campaign. Two-thirds of the underage drinkers responding to the survey said they had witnessed violence by someone who was drunk and aggressive, and...

Responsibility.(Child abuse & protection)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Speaking at the start of 2003's Child Protection Week, Larry Anthony, the federal Children and Youth Affairs Minister, said child abuse was the toughest area with which territory and state governments had to contend. But he also pointed out...

In denial.(Child abuse & protection)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... According to a report from the Australian Childhood Foundation and Monash University's Child Abuse and Family Violence Research Unit, many Australians are ignorant about child abuse and do not appreciate the seriousness or scale of the problem....

Because recent statistics showed a 42% increase in reports of child abuse and neglect during the 10 years from 1992 to 2002, 29 child and family welfare organisations called for the Australian government to create a national strategy.(Plea to Canberra)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Because recent statistics showed a 42% increase in reports of child abuse and neglect during the 10 years from 1992 to 2002, 29 child and family welfare organisations called for the Australian government to create a national strategy. Families...

Recent figures from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare show a 23% increase in substantiated cases of child abuse and neglect in Australia over the years 1990-2002.(Plea to Canberra)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... * Recent figures from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare show a 23% increase in substantiated cases of child abuse and neglect in Australia over the years 1990-2002. The number rose from 24,732 in 1990 to 30,473 in 2001-02 (Herald...

OECD report.(Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... A report on child abuse in 27 nations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ranked Australia ninth, behind Spain, Greece and Italy, as having the lowest number of child deaths caused by abuse. The worst three offending...

In Victoria, severe workforce problems are affecting every aspect of child protection and the quality of its response to children and families, according to a draft report on the state's Child Protection Outcomes Project.(Problems in Victoria)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... In Victoria, severe workforce problems are affecting every aspect of child protection and the quality of its response to children and families, according to a draft report on the state's Child Protection Outcomes Project. The report, written by...

South Australian Premier Mike Rann announced that an additional 35 full-time social workers would be hired.(Problems in Victoria)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... * South Australian Premier Mike Rann announced that an additional 35 full-time social workers would be hired by the state government to ease the shortage of child-abuse investigators (Advertiser, 18/10/03, p.3).

Professor Dorothy Scott, of Melbourne University's school of social work, said that most of the 1,281 children cited in Public Parenting, a welfare report commissioned by the Victorian government, were doomed to endure an insecure and unhappy childhood in temporary care.(Problems in Victoria)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... * Professor Dorothy Scott, of Melbourne University's school of social work, said that most of the 1,281 children cited in Public Parenting, a welfare report commissioned by the Victorian government, were doomed to endure an insecure and unhappy...

Tasmanian conferencing.(Crime & justice)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... More than 300 young Tasmanians each year have been facing up to their victims as part of a Community Conferencing program introduced three years ago. Three-quarters of the children have kept to the deal of doing up to 70 hours' work--often of...

A study by the Centre for Adolescent Health at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne found that teenagers who binge drink are at risk not only of immediate harm when drunk but also of becoming alcohol dependent later.(Binge drinking)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... A study by the Centre for Adolescent Health at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne found that teenagers who binge drink are at risk not only of immediate harm when drunk but also of becoming alcohol dependent later. The study tracked...

According to new research from the federal Department of Health and Ageing, Australian teenagers have cut back on their drinking but half the 15-17-year-olds who had used alcohol in the three months before taking part in a survey last year were drinking at a high-risk level.(Binge drinking)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... * According to new research from the federal Department of Health and Ageing, Australian teenagers have cut back on their drinking but half the 15-17-year-olds who had used alcohol in the three months before taking part in a survey last year...

A telephone survey commissioned from Roy Morgan Research by the Salvation Army involved 609 people aged 14 and over, including 44 who were in the 14-17 age range.(Binge drinking)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... * A telephone survey commissioned from Roy Morgan Research by the Salvation Army involved 609 people aged 14 and over, including 44 who were in the 14-17 age range. The study suggested that more than 40% of the girls and 75% of the boys drank...

Smoking in the ACT.(Drugs)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... A report issued by the Australian Capital Territory government, 2002 Alcohol and Tobacco Use by ACT Secondary School Students, said the proportion of the students who were smokers had declined from 21% in 1999 to 15% in 2002. Eighty per cent of...

Facts kit in WA.(Drugs)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... In Western Australia, the government's Drug and Alcohol Office has produced a kit called Essential Drug Facts. It is being distributed to high-school teachers and is intended to give them a starting point for discussing drugs with students....

Year 12 choices.(Education & training)
December 1, 2003... Patterns of Participation in Year 12, a report from the Australian Council for Educational Research, traced the ways in which background, choice of school, academic ability and gender affect who does what at senior secondary level. Although...

Cleverer country.(Education & training)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Australia is beginning to take the shape of the clever country of our aspirations. New figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show that by 2002 almost 18% of those in the workforce had bachelor degrees. In 1992 the proportion was...

Benchmarking in SA.(Education & training)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... In South Australia, benchmarking tests conducted in 2002 showed that reading, writing and numeracy results for children in Years 3 and 5 had improved since results were first collected. The figures released by the state government showed that...

Work vs school.(Employment)
December 1, 2003... In a report for the federal government, the Australian Council for Educational Research says that early unemployment has a 'scarring' effect on school leavers, making it harder for them to find work in the years ahead. On the other hand, the...

Fewer teenagers seek full-time work.(Employment)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Writing in the Australian Financial Review, former politician Michael Baume noted that, according to official statistics, the number of 15-19-year-olds in Australia unable to find full-time work has halved since its peak of 133,300 in July...

On the other hand ...(Employment)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... According to a new study by the Dusseldorp Skills Forum (an independent research and policy-development organisation), more than half a million young Australians are at risk of long-term disadvantage because of problems in bridging the gap...

National data shows that while the number of apprentices and trainees has increased significantly since 1995, the occupational mix has markedly changed.(Apprenticeships)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... National data shows that while the number of apprentices and trainees has increased significantly since 1995, the occupational mix has markedly changed. Large rises for professional, associate professional and intermediate service and clerical...

The number of people taking up apprenticeships shows strong participation by school students.(Apprenticeships)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... * The number of people taking up apprenticeships shows strong participation by school students. The New Apprenticeships training program chalked up a record 396,000 opportunities for new apprentices in the year to June 2003. Figures from the...

Asthma.(Health & safety)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... During National Asthma Week in October, the Australian Centre for Asthma Monitoring released a report called Asthma in Australia 2003. The report confirmed that our asthma rates are among the highest in the world, affecting up to 16% of...

Chlamydia.(Health & safety)
December 1, 2003... Young people having unprotected sex have increased the number of notified cases of chlamydia to record levels, according to experts. Dr Peter Sainsbury, acting chief health officer at NSW Health, said that about half of that state's cases are...

STIs in children.(Health & safety)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... A member of the Department of Health and Community Services' child protection team, Charlie King, called for an inquiry into the Northern Territory's child abuse services after announcing that, in 2002, 197 children under 14 had reported to...

One in five young Australians are living with mental health problems, and in the 13-17 age group only about 25% are receiving professional help.(Depression)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... One in five young Australians are living with mental health problems, and in the 13-17 age group only about 25% are receiving professional help. Depression and anxiety disorders are the two most common psychological problems in adolescents: by...

About one in four young Victorians have a mental illness at any given time, according to Professor Patrick McGorry, the executive director of Orygen Youth Health, a youth mental health clinic.(Depression)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... * About one in four young Victorians have a mental illness at any given time, according to Professor Patrick McGorry, the executive director of Orygen Youth Health, a youth mental health clinic. Professor McGorry said that young people aged...

Children's health specialists have drawn attention to the psychological consequences of obesity in children and adolescents.(Weight problems)
December 1, 2003... Children's health specialists have drawn attention to the psychological consequences of obesity in children and adolescents. Dr Rick Kausman, a general practitioner specialising in weight management and eating behaviour, says that a...

A recently completed survey of 1,000 children in the country town of Colac, in Victoria, showed that 27% of the primary-school students were overweight or obese.(Weight problems)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... * A recently completed survey of 1,000 children in the country town of Colac, in Victoria, showed that 27% of the primary-school students were overweight or obese. Among the girls, the proportion was 31%. And in the kindergarten group of...

Sleepless and SMS-ing.(Sexuality)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Teenagers are taking advantage of overnight free calls offered by some phone networks to talk to their friends, sometimes for hours at a time, and are losing sleep as a result. The director of the Melbourne Children's Sleep Unit, Dr Margot...

Rising debt.(Incomes & expenditures)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Finding ways to stem the rising rate of debt incurred by teenagers is something the federal government wants to tackle, according to the Treasurer's parliamentary secretary, Senator Ian Campbell. He says there is evidence that many young people...

Births to teenagers.(Indigenous youth)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... In a Medical Journal of Australia article on aspects of teenage sexuality in Australia [for fuller details, see under 'Sexuality'], Dr Rachel Skinner and Associate Professor Martha Hickey, of the University of Western Australia, showed that...

Life chances.(Poverty)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... A survey by the Brotherhood of St Laurence of children living in inner Melbourne has found that three-quarters of the children who were born into poor families in 1990 remained in the same financial position in 2002, despite national economic...

Uneven shares.(Poverty)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... In a feature article, Professor Ann Harding, director of the National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling at the University of Canberra, noted that after a decade of economic reform and strong growth in Australia, the fruits of growth had...

Welfare dependence.(Poverty)(children on welfare more likely to leave school early)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... According to research cited by the federal Department of Family and Community Services, young people from families that depend on income support from government are much more likely than others to leave school early, to experience long-term...

Anglicare campaign.(Poverty)(to reduce child poverty)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... A national campaign to halve the number of Australian children living in jobless families by 2008 was launched in August by Bishop Phillip Huggins, of the welfare group Anglicare, and the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Larry Anthony....

Young drivers.(Risk-taking)(more likely to be involved in fatal accidents)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... In Western Australia, an RAC-funded report into passenger and night-driving restrictions for inexperienced drivers showed that first-year drivers were eight times more likely than older drivers to be involved in a fatal passenger crash and six...

Public transport.(Rural & isolated)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Launching the report on Western Australia's 2003 Youth Survey [for details, see under 'Attitudes & opinions', above], the state's Youth Minister, Sheila McHale, said the survey revealed that young people's perceptions of the availability of...

Years 10 and 12.(Sexuality)(Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society publishes report )
December 1, 2003... The Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, at La Trobe University, has published a report on its national survey in 2002 of 2,388 students in Years 10 and 12 from all school sectors. Secondary Students and Sexual Health 2002...

In a report published in The Medical Journal of Australia, Dr Rachel Skinner and Associate Professor Martha Hickey made recommendations on how to reduce teenage pregnancy and abortion rates.(Teenage pregnancies)
December 1, 2003... In a report published in The Medical Journal of Australia, Dr Rachel Skinner and Associate Professor Martha Hickey made recommendations on how to reduce teenage pregnancy and abortion rates, including overhauling sex education in schools and...

Commenting on the Skinner and Hickey report.(Teenage pregnancies)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... * Commenting on the Skinner and Hickey report, a representative of Sexual Health Information Networking and Education SA (SHine SA) said that its new 'Share' curriculum, being trialled in some South Australian government schools, is catering...

Absent fathers.(Sexuality)(girls without fathers more likely to have sex when young)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Growing up without a father means that girls are more likely to engage in sex at an early age, according to research published in the journal Child Development. A study of nearly 800 girls in New Zealand and the United States who were tracked...

Youth work Aboriginal young people and ambivalence: the broad range of ways that Aboriginal youth are represented in Australian society creates challenges for non-Indigenous youth workers but also allows for flexibility in practice and for greater involvement of Aboriginal people in youth work practice with Aboriginal youth.(Peer Reviewed Paper)
December 1, 2003... The post-colonial theorist Homi Bhabha (1997, p.40) begins his essay, 'The other question', emphasising the importance of not assuming colonial stereotypes are always fixed or straightforward. He reminds us that, "the colonial stereotype is a...

Work for Dole: a pathway to self-esteem and employment commitment, or the road to frustration?(Peer Reviewed Paper)
December 1, 2003... A preliminary evaluation of the effect of the Work for the Dole pilot program on participants found that the program failed the most disadvantaged jobseekers because it did not respond adequately to the varying personal circumstances of...

Enhancing the educational outcomes of boys: findings from the ACT investigation into boys' education.(Peer Reviewed Paper)
December 1, 2003... As is commonly believed, there indeed are gender differences in achievement, engagement, motivation and students' orientations to school and schoolwork. Many studies show that boys perform more poorly than girls in areas such as literacy,...

Graduating from the child welfare system: an overview of the UK leaving care debate.(Peer Reviewed Paper)
December 1, 2003... Historically, insufficient resources and assistance have been provided to young people leaving state care. Care leavers have been found to experience significant health, social and educational deficits including homelessness, disproportionate...

Restitution and restorative justice in juvenile justice and school dicipline.(Peer Reviewed Paper)
December 1, 2003... Barry A. Fields examines the way the concept and process of restitution is evoked in legislation and used by the justice system in Australia as a response to youth crime. He extends discussion to the use of restitution in the discipline...

myfuture.edu.au Australia's new online career exploration service.(On-line info)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... myfuture.edu.au is a world standard, interactive, online career exploration service for all Australians, especially students, wishing to explore their career options. Users are able to explore their skills and interests, identify career...

Living choices for young Australians.(On-line info)
December 1, 2003... Living Choices: the Australian Government's Commitment to Young People is a series of publications including a brochure, overview and complete guide, complemented by a web page. The products provide comprehensive information on how the...

jobjuice www.jobjuice.gov.au.(On-line info)(new web site developed to help school leavers find work)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... jobjuice is a new web site that has been developed to assist school leavers and young people to find employment and information about their careers. It is a portal site that helps young people think about what they want to do with their working...

Highly affected, rarely considered: the International Youth Parliament Commission's report on the impacts of globalisation on young people.(Get IT)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... This research report is intended for decision-makers in government agencies, corporations, multilateral institutions, non-government organisations as well as individuals. The International Youth Parliament (IYP) analysed over 400 submissions...

The state of the world population 2003: making 1 billion count: investing in adolescents' health and rights.(Get IT)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... This United Nations Population Fund report examines the challenges and risks youth face and concludes that their needs continue to be short-changed. 'We have the means and expertise to coordinate health-related interventions initiated for...

Youth, citizenship and social change.(Get IT)(research by Economic and Social Research Council)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)--the UK's leading research funding and training agency--recently concluded a multi-disciplinary research program about how 16-to 25-year-olds make the transition to adult life and the support and...

Caught in the gap: dual diagnosis and young people: a report on the issues.(Get IT)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... This key discussion paper on dual diagnosis (where substance misuse/abuse problems occur along with mental health issues) follows from a large community forum on dual diagnosis and young people held in August 2002. In it you'll find...

Australian disability clearinghouse on education and training.(Get IT)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Launched on 3 December 2003--the international Day for People with Disabilities--this new clearinghouse will provide information and resources for inclusive education and training for people with disabilities in postsecondary education and...

ABS email notification service.(Get IT)(Australian Bureau of Statistics)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... The Australian Bureau of Statistics have a new email alerting service that will send you ABS news releases about your topics of interest. See: http://www4.abs.gov.au/ausstats/notifications.nsf

CommunityLIFE: building community capacity for suicide prevention.(Get IT)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... Projects funded under the National Suicide Prevention Strategy (NSPS) in all States and Territories are listed at: http://www.communitylife.org.au/projects.php

National youth week--27 March to 4 April 2004.(Get IT)
December 1, 2003... This annual feature on Australia's youth calendar is a showcase of the contributions and the talents of young Australians. The Australia-wide event is an initiative of the Australian Government, as well as State, Territory and local...

A pocket book for children and a pocket book for teenagers.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
December 1, 2003... C. Mattingley, Palliative Care Council of South Australia, 2003, both 11 pp. When researching the literature for information that could help children and young people who are grieving, staff of the Adelaide Hills Palliative Care Service...

Blueprint Case Study Book and Blueprint: turn your ideas into reality! (CD).
December 1, 2003... The International Young Professionals Foundation and Youth 2 Youth, 2003, 23pp. Blueprint is a workshop and case study project that involved workshops in Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide conducted in April and May 2003 by the International...

A local government guide to youth participation, face the challenge, take the risk, enjoy the ride.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
December 1, 2003... Glenorchy City Council, 2003, 38pp. Unlike the material on youth participation produced in recent years by researchers and academics, this publication is based on local government experience of establishing and fostering youth...

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: National Workshop 2002.(Book Review)
December 1, 2003... Australian National Council on Drugs, 2003, ISBN 1877018066, 26pp. Fetal alcohol syndrome was first described in the 1970s but most of the research on the condition has been undertaken overseas. It is characterised by growth retardation,...

Before the Bough Breaks: Doing more for our children in the 21st Century.(Book Review)
December 1, 2003... F. Stanley, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, 2003, ISSN 1323-7136, 21 pp. This title represents the current edition of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia's Occasional Paper series. It reproduces the Cunningham...

Young people in Tasmania: a statistical and demographic profile of issues and service provision for young people.(Book Review)(Brief Review)
December 1, 2003... 2nd edn, C. Fraser & D. Fraser, Office of Youth Affairs, Tasmania, 2003. The Tasmanian Office of Youth Affairs commissioned this update to an original report produced in 1994. Each chapter is devoted to a particular issue including the...

Girls and exclusion: Rethinking the agenda.(Book Review)
December 1, 2003... A. Osier and K. Vincent, RoutledgeFalmer, 2003, ISBN 0415303168, 201 pp., 26.49 [pounds sterling] including airmail postage (approx. $65.00). Exclusion in the title of this book refers to exclusion from school. This issue has largely been...

Investing in our Children: Developing a research agenda.(Book Review)
December 1, 2003... Ed. M. Prior, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, 2002, ISBN 0908290187, 160pp. The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia's Workshop Program included a workshop titled 'Investing in our Children: Developing a research...

So What's a Boy? Addressing issues of masculinity and schooling.(Book Review)
December 1, 2003... W. Martino and M. Pallotta-Chiarolli, Open University Press, 2003, ISBN 0335203817, 310pp, $51.95. The research basis of this book was provided by the authors, Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli and Wayne Martino, who conducted semi-structured...

Ruby of Trowutta: Recollections of a country postmistress.(Book Review)
December 1, 2003... C. Mattingley, Montpelier Press, 2003, ISBN 1876597119, 190pp. The author Christobel Mattingley is well known for her young people's fiction, in particular, her Asmir stories about a young refugee boy from Bosnia Herzegovina. In this her...

Twelve Principles: Living with integrity in the twenty-first century.(Book Review)
December 1, 2003... M. Hawes, Finch Publishing, Sydney, 2003, ISBN 1876451483, 144pp, 30 colour photographs. This is not a book by or for only young people. However, it does feature a number of extraordinary young people and it should be a title of great...

Peak youth organisations report on their recent activities.(From The Peaks)
December 1, 2003... New resources for South Australian youth workers The Youth Affairs Council of South Australia is about to release two new resources for the South Australian youth sector: * The Legal Issues for Youth Workers and Young People Handbook,...

Evaluation of the Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART) as a predictor of adolescent real-world risk-taking behaviours.(At-risk youth)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... C.W. Lejuez, W.M. Aklin, M.J. Zvolensky & C.M. Pedulla, Journal of Adolescence, v.26, n.4, 2003. pp.475-79. Assessment of risk-taking behaviour in adolescents has largely relied on self-reporting; however, this methodology is susceptible to...

Only connect: a case study of mesosystem links.(At-risk youth)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... S. Howard & B. Johnson, Childrenz Issues, v.7, n.2, 2003, pp.43-49. The psychologist Urie Bronfenbrenner developed an ecological theory of human development that suggested that the more links between microsystem settings such as home,...

Risk profiles of adolescent girls who were victims of dating violence.(At-risk youth)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... D.E. Howard & M.Q. Wang, Adolescence, v.38, n.149, 2003, pp.1-14. The 1999 Youth Risk Behavior Survey was used in this study to examine the prevalence of dating violence and its relationship to potential risk factors. An analysis of...

'You just stare at them and give them daggers': Nonverbal expressions of social aggression in teenage girls.(Bullying and violence)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... R. Shute, L. Owens & P. Slee, International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, v.10, n.4, 2002, pp.353-72. Social aggression is aggression 'aimed at hurting others through damaging their peer relationships'. It occurs more among girls than...

Labeling and delinquency.(Crime and justice)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... M.S. Adams, C.T. Robertson, P. Gray-Ray & M.C. Ray, Adolescence, v.38, n.149, 2003, pp.171-86. Labelling theory holds that 'perceived negative societal reactions lead to the development of negative self-conceptions and greater delinquent...

School vandalism: individual and social context.(Crime and justice)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... T. Horowitz & D. Tobaly, Adolescence, v.38, n.149, 2003, pp.131-39. Research on vandalism has generally focused on either the individual or on the broader social context and, more recently, on specific institutions such as schools. In this...

Adolescent decision-making: a comparison of adult and teenage perspectives in New Zealand.(Development)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2003... M.A. Payne, International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, v.10, n.4, 2002, pp.277-95. To examine the perceived influence of parents and peers on adolescent decision-making, 495 New Zealand teenagers and 536 adults were asked to imagine...