Download or read book Social Problems and Social Contexts in Adolescence written by Klaus Hurrelmann and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This selection of previously published research papers presents the empirical and theoretical work on the similarities and differences in adolescent development in the U.S. and other countries. Contributors are an international group of scholars assembled at the University of Bielefeld. Their studies are designed to provide a unified source for comparative research on adolescence, and to inform readers about adolescent phenomena and research in other parts of the world.