TY - BOOK AU - Aggleton,Peter AU - Ball,Andrew AU - Mane,Purnima N. TI - Sex, drugs and young people: international perspectives SN - 0415328772 AV - HV5824.Y68 S47 2005 U1 - 306.70835 22 PY - 2006/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - Youth KW - Sexual behavior KW - Cross-cultural studies KW - Drug use KW - Services for N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1; Introduction; Peter Aggleton, Andrew Ball and Purnima Mane --; 2; Young people, poverty and risk; Kim Rivers, Peter Aggleton and Andrew Ball --; 3; Gender, vulnerability and young people; Rita M. Melendez and Deborah L. Tolman --; 4; Ethnicity, culture, drugs and sex; Carol Jenkins --; 5; Young people, sexual practice and meanings; Deborah Keys, Doreen Rosenthal and Marian Pitts --; 6; Young people and illicit drug use; Neil Hunt --; 7; Drug use among same-sex attracted young people; John Howard and Anthony Arcuri --; 8; Drinking behaviour, coming of age and risk; Sandra Bullock and Robin Room --; 9; Sex, drugs and vulnerability : young people who sell sex and use drugs; Cheryl Overs and Chris Castle --; 10; Young migrants, refugees and displaced people; Mary Haour-Knipe, Linda Eriksson and Danielle Grondin --; 11; Young people, the military, sex and drugs; Martin Foreman --; 12; Young people in detention; Jan Copeland, John Howard and Anthony Arcuri --; 13; Sex, drugs and indigenous young people; Sherry Saggers, Dennis Gray and Phillipa Strempel N2 - This book calls into question mainstream assumptions about 'adolescence' that underlie many of our understandings in relation to sexual practices and drug use among the young, providing a more complex view of the transition to adulthood viewing it as socially and culturally driven, rather than simply biological ER -