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At Peril: Stories of Injusticereviewed by Bonnie Johnson - 2002 Title: At Peril: Stories of Injustice Author(s): Thomas J. Cottle & Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst, MA ISBN: 155849278X , Pages: 328, Year: 2001 Search for book at Amazon.com A federal report, based on Census 2000
data, found that as many as 15 million young people are currently
at-risk of not reaching productive adulthood -- falling prey to
crime, drugs and other problems that make it difficult to obtain an
education, successfully enter the workforce, or otherwise
contribute to society. Further, approximately 1.5 million children
have a father or mother in prison, over half a million children are
in foster care, and more than one out of six American families with
children live on an annual income of $17,000 or less (White House
Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, 2001).
Additionally problematic is the fact that many families and
children must confront multiple, co-occurring hardships. As James
Garbarino (1995) sees it, Americans are raising children in a
"socially toxic environment" polluted by the combined effects of
poverty, the breakdown of families and communities, and the neglect
of children.
Thomas J. Cottle gives a voice to these grim societal statistics
in his book At Peril: Stories of... (preview truncated at 150 words.)To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropriate membership. Please review your options below:
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- Bonnie Johnson
The University of Kentucky E-mail Author Bonnie C. Johnson is an Assistant Professor of Education in the Department of Administration and Supervision at The University of Kentucky. Her scholarly interests include social justice/educational equity, school/agency collaboration, international comparative education, urban education and the politics of school reform.
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