Childhood and Adolescence in Society

In the tradition of nonpartisanship and current analysis that is the hallmark of Congressional Quarterly, CQ Researcher titles investigate important and controversial policy issues. Offer your students the balanced reporting, complete overviews and engaging writing that CQ Researcher has consistently provided for more than 80 years. Each article gives substantial background as well as current analysis of the issue as well as useful pedagogical features to inspire critical thinking and to help students grasp and review key material:

-A Pro/Con box that examines two competing sides of a single question
-A detailed chronology of key dates and events
-An annotated bibliography and Web resources
-Outlook sections that address possible regulation and initiatives from Capitol Hill and the White House over the next 5 to 10 years
-Photos, charts, graphs, and maps

KEY FEATURES:

-Each article begins with an overview, which briefly summarizes the areas that will be explored in greater detail in the rest of the article.
-The next section covers important and current debates on the topic under discussion and is structured around a number of key questions, such as Does comprehensive sex-education reduce teen pregnancies? and Are get tough policies the best approach to youth violence problems? These questions are usually the subject of much debate among scholars in the field. Hence, the answers presented are never conclusive but detail the range of opinion on the topic.
-The Background section provides a history of the issue being examined. This retrospective covers important legislative measures and research that illustrate how current policy has evolved. Then the Current Situation section examines contemporary policy issues, legislation under consideration and legal action being taken.
-Each selection concludes with an Outlook section, which addresses possible regulation, court rulings, and initiatives from Capitol Hill and the White House over the next ?ve to ten years.
-Each report contains features that augment the main text: two to three sidebars that examine issues related to the topic at hand, a pro versus con debate between two experts, a chronology of key dates and events and an annotated bibliography detailing major sources used by the writer.