Young, Black, and Male in America: An Endangered Species

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The problems of young black males are challenging, complex, and chronic, perplexing educators, social scientists, and policymakers. While other groups, including women and recent immigrants, have made economic and social gains in the last two decades, black youth are now more likely than they were in 1960 to be unemployed, to be involved in the criminal justice system, to be unwed fathers, and to commit suicide. Young black males are a population at risk in an escalating cycle of deviance, dysfunction, and despair. This comprehensive volume provides in-depth analyses of the deteriorating status of black youth, particularly black males. Experts from a variety of professions examine the implications and interrelationships of the multiple problems facing black youth and propose a comprehensive set of policies and programs that address those problems. They consider such important economic, sociocultural, and political issues as unemployment, teenage pregnancy, crime and delinquency substance abuse, and the conservative backlash against civil rights and social welfare programs.

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While other groups have made economic and social gains in the last twenty-five years, black youths (ages 15-24) are now more likely than they were in 1960 to be unemployed, to be involved in the criminal justice system, to be unwed fathers, and to be victims of homicide or suicide. In this volume, contributors provide in-depth analyses of the economic, social, cultural, and political factors that have contributed to the deteriorating status of black youth, particularly black males. They propose a comprehensive family policy and a network of services that address the causes of the multiple problems facing black youth. Chapter topics include education and achievement; employment and unemployment; delinquency: substance use; teenage fatherhood; health and mental health; causes of death; and the impact of public policy.-Sage Family Studies Abstracts
"While other groups have made economic and social gains in the last twenty-five years, black youths (ages 15-24) are now more likely than they were in 1960 to be unemployed, to be involved in the criminal justice system, to be unwed fathers, and to be victims of homicide or suicide. In this volume, contributors provide in-depth analyses of the economic, social, cultural, and political factors that have contributed to the deteriorating status of black youth, particularly black males. They propose a comprehensive family policy and a network of services that address the causes of the multiple problems facing black youth. Chapter topics include education and achievement; employment and unemployment; delinquency: substance use; teenage fatherhood; health and mental health; causes of death; and the impact of public policy."-Sage Family Studies Abstracts

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JEWELLE TAYLOR GIBBS is an Associate Professor at the School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley, and a clinical psychologist specializing in adolescents and families.