Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Members of the Study Group -- Steering Committee -- References -- 1 Macrostructural Trends and the Reshaping of Adolescence -- MACROLEVEL CHANGES IN SOCIETY -- Demographic Change -- Economic Changes -- Institutional Systems -- New Technology and Technology-Based Systems -- RESHAPING ADOLESCENCE -- Lengthening of the Adolescent Transition -- Diversity in Adolescence and the Paths to Adulthood -- CONCLUSION: YOUTH'S AND ADULTS' ROLES IN SHAPING THE FUTURE -- References -- 2 Youth in Aging Societies -- THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF POPULATION AGING -- IMPLICATIONS OF POPULATION AGING -- YOUTH AND THE TRANSITION TO ADULTHOOD -- SCHOOL-TO-WORK TRANSITION -- HOME-LEAVING -- FAMILY FORMATION -- FAMILY CHANGE AND THE FUTURE OF CHILDREN -- RENEGOTIATING THE INTERGENERATIONAL CONTRACT -- References -- 3 The Transition from School to Work -- CURRENT PATTERNS OF TRANSITION FROM SCHOOL TO WORK -- Educational Attainment -- Getting a First Job -- The Education-Job Association -- Discontinuous Labor Force Participation -- Job Change and Occupational Mobility -- CONDITIONS AFFECTING THE CURRENT LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION OF AMERICAN YOUTH -- Education and Occupational Outcomes -- The Economy -- The Demography of Youth -- THE TRANSITION FROM SCHOOL TO WORK IN THE EARLY TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY -- Demographic Changes -- Changes in the Educational System -- Changes in the Economy -- TWO VIEWS OF THE FUTURE -- The Optimistic Scenario -- The Pessimistic Scenario -- References -- 4 Criminal Justice in the Lives of American Adolescents: Choosing the Future -- THE PROGRESSIVE VISION -- THE PUNISHMENT PARADIGM -- Getting Tough with Juvenile Offenders -- Does Punishment Work? -- THE LIBERAL PUNISHMENT PERSPECTIVE -- Doing Justice: Abolish the Juvenile Court -- Restorative Justice.

THE REHABILITATION PERSPECTIVE -- Does Rehabilitation Work? -- Does the Public Support Child Saving? -- CONCLUSION: CHOOSING THE FUTURE -- Punishing Adolescents -- Saving Adolescents -- References -- 5 Adolescent Health Care in the United States: Implications and Projections for the New Millennium -- SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT OF YOUTH TODAY -- Highlights of Adolescent Population Trends -- Highlights of Socioeconomic Status and Family Structure -- HEALTH PROFILE OF YOUTH -- Mortality -- Health Status/Morbidity -- ADOLESCENT HEALTH POLICY -- The Legal Context -- ACCESS TO CARE AND HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION -- Access to Care -- Health Insurance -- Health Care Utilization -- TRENDS IN THE PROVISION OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES -- The Implementation of Adolescent Clinical Preventive Services -- Do Preventive Services Make a Difference? -- INFORMATION AND MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY -- How the Media Shape Adolescent Health -- Information Technology -- Trends in Information and Medical Technology -- IMPLICATIONS AND PROJECTIONS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY -- Demographics -- Health Policy and Law -- Health Insurance/Financing -- Programs/Service Delivery -- Research -- Adolescent Health Status: The Next Steps -- References -- 6 Youth and Information Technology -- TERMINOLOGY -- THE EMERGING KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY -- DATA ON YOUTH AND TECHNOLOGY ACCESS -- Technology and Schools -- Technology and the Home -- RESEARCH ON SOCIAL IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY -- Social Interaction & Social Organization -- Self-Concept -- Sexual Interaction and Victimization -- Lifestyles -- Community and Collective Actions -- Unequal Access -- EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES -- Computers -- Networks -- Wireless Telephones -- Digital Video -- Digital Audio -- Electronic Navigation -- Digital Implants -- Video Eye Glasses -- Language Recognition -- Personal Software Agents -- E-recreation -- E-commerce.

E-education -- SPECULATIONS ON THE FUTURE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY -- General Cultural Processes -- Social Interaction -- The Digital Divide -- Sex -- Ethics and Values -- Education -- Mental Health -- A Longer-Term Projection -- APPENDIX A: THE IEA SITES M1 STUDY AND DESIGN -- Organization of the Study -- Design and Development -- APPENDIX B: METHODS OF YOUTH TECHNOLOGY SURVEYS -- NPR Kids and Technology Survey -- UCLA Internet Project -- Online Victimization -- Jupiter Media Metrix Survey -- References -- 7 Social Space, the Final Frontier: Adolescents on the Internet -- ADOLESCENT INTERNET USE -- THE INTERNET AS A UNIQUE SOCIAL SPACE -- Freedom from External Controls -- Freedom to Take What You Want -- Freedom to Make and Break Rules -- Freedom to Explore Sexuality -- Freedom to Explore Identity and Political Action -- Freedom of Self-presentation -- EFFECT OF ONLINE INTERACTION ON SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS -- Appearance, Gender, and Race -- Deception and Exploitation -- Online Socialization and Communication Skills -- Interest-based Connections and Hidden Identities Online -- The Nature of Intimacy and Dating Online -- IMPACT OF INTERNET USE ON MENTAL HEALTH -- Turning Inward: Isolation and Depression -- Acting Out: Hacking, Trolling, and Flaming -- Impulse Control Problems: Internet Addiction -- IMAGINING THE FUTURE -- APPENDIX A: TERMINOLOGY -- References -- 8 Approaching Policy for Adolescent Development in the 21st Century -- A UNIFYING THEME -- EDUCATION POLICY AND THE FUTURE -- SCHOOL AND WORK -- Funding Schools -- Schools and Society -- A POSITIVE PERSPECTIVE ON YOUTH -- YOUTH AS PARTICIPANTS IN SOCIETY'S DESTINY -- CONCLUSION -- References -- Index.