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| Foreword | |
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| Introduction to the Problem | |
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| At-Risk Kids | |
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| A Generation in Crisis? | |
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| What Is Youth Culture? | |
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| How Does One Study Youth Culture? | |
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| Outline of the Book | |
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| Renegade Kids | |
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| Suburban Outlaws | |
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| Societal Responses and Trends | |
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| Understanding Why Youth Become Deviant | |
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| Criminological and Sociological Perspectives | |
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| Classic American Delinquency Theories | |
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| British Subcultural Theories | |
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| Gender-Based Theories | |
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| Postmodern Theories | |
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| Renegade Kids | |
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| Mall Rats and Life in the Mall | |
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| The Malling of Suburbia | |
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| Shopping 'TilYou Drop | |
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| Delinquency in the Mall | |
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| Social Functions of Malls | |
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| A Day in the Life of a Mall Rat | |
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| Kicking Back at "Raging High" | |
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| The Fostering of Low Self-Esteem | |
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| High School Bullies | |
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| Social Cliques and Youth Culture | |
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| Clique Structures in Four Suburban High Schools | |
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| The Leaders of the Pack | |
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| Punks and Anarchy: Changes in the Youth Scene | |
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| A Brief History of Punk | |
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| Parents of Punkers | |
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| Voices From the Fringe | |
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| Letters to the Fanzines | |
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| Gutter-Punks and the Lure of the Street | |
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| Young and Adrift | |
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| Pierced and Tattooed: Contemporary Youth Styles | |
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| Punk as Universal Rebellion | |
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| Suburban Outlaws | |
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| Suburban School Shooters | |
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| The Reality of School Gun Violence | |
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| Increased Fear in Schools | |
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| The Blame Game | |
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| Trying to Understand Suburban School Shootings | |
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| Is Culture the Cause or the Effect? | |
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| Tagger Crews and Members of the Posse | |
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| Dynamics of Tagging | |
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| The Proliferation of Taggers | |
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| Penalties for Tagging | |
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| Skinheads: Teenagers and Hate Crimes | |
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| Contemporary Teenage Skinheads | |
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| Recruitment of Teenage Skinheads by Racist Groups | |
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| Skinheads' Rules of Conduct | |
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| Explanations for the Rise of Such Gangs | |
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| Stoner Gangs and Satanic Youths | |
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| Running with the Home Boys | |
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| White Youth Gangs as Cults | |
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| Profiles of Stoners | |
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| Satanists: Devil's Children? | |
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| Profiles of Satanists | |
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| Societal Responses and Trends | |
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| Reactions to Youthful Offenders | |
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| The School System Responds | |
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| The Mental Health System Responds | |
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| The Juvenile Justice System Responds | |
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| Reactions of Concerned Citizens | |
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| Generation Why?: Crisis at the Millennium | |
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| The Politics of Generations | |
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| The Demographics of Youth Culture | |
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| The Growing Influence of the Media | |
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| Final Thoughts | |
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| Methodology | |
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| Tables | |
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| Index | |