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Larson, Reed; Eccles, Jacquelynne; Gootman, Jennifer Appleton – Prevention Researcher, 2004
There is very little research that directly specifies what programs can do to facilitate positive adolescent development, or how to tailor these programs to the individual needs of adolescents. However, there is a broad base of knowledge about how development occurs that can be drawn upon. Research demonstrates that certain features of the…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Community Programs, Adolescents, Program Design
Anderson, Elijah – 1990
This book provides a portrait of city life as observed by the author in an urban area encompassing two communities--one black, low income, and very poor (with an extremely high infant mortality rate) and the other racially mixed but becoming increasingly middle-to-upper income and white. It explores the dilemma of both Blacks and Whites, the…
Descriptors: Blacks, Community Change, Group Unity, Inner City