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It's Business as Usual for Teens Downtown
Contra Costa Times, 8/30/98

Teen-agers hanging out at night on North Main Street have been part of downtown since President Kennedy was in the White House, but some store owners and neighbors say they're fed up with the growing noise and mischief. The new surge of teens is louder and wilder than in years past, they say.

Stockton Teens Forced to Keep Clear of Friends
Sa. Jose Mercury News, 8/30/98

Thyda Bun says all he wants is the freedom to walk down the street with his friends, to play volleyball and hang out at the park. But the police say he and his ``friends'' are members of the Original Bloods, a gang that has terrorized a west Stockton neighborhood by firing shots in the air, marking turf with graffiti and robbing cars and homes.

BOOKS (with links to Amazon.com)

Gilligan, Carol. In a Different Voice -- Psychological Theory and Women's Development. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1982.

Gilligan, Carol & Brown, Lyn Mikel. Meeting at the Crossroads : Women's Psychology and Girl's Development. Ballantine, New York, 1994.

Males, Mike A. The Scapegoat Generation -- America's War on Adolescents. Courage Press, Monroe, ME, 1996.

Orenstein, Peggy. School Girls -- Young Women, Self-Esteem, and the Confidence Gap. Doubleday, New York, 1994.

Pipher, Mary. Reviving Ophelia -- Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls. Random House, New York, 1994.

Ponton, Lynn E., M.D. The Romance of Risk -- Why Teenagers Do the Things They Do. HarperCollins, New York, 1997.

Riera, Michael. Uncommon Sense for Parents with Teenagers. Celestial Arts, Berkeley, CA, 1995.

Riera, Michael. Surviving High School. Celestial Arts, Berkeley, CA, 1997.

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