This book is part of a two volume set that examines prostitution and sex trafficking on a global scale, with each chapter devoted to a particular country in one of seven "geo-cultural" areas of the world. The 18 chapters in this volume (Volume I) are devoted to examination of the commercial sex industry (CSI) in countries within Africa, Asia, Middle East, and Oceania, while the 16 chapters that comprise Volume II focus exclusively on Europe, Latin America, and North America. Volume II also...

Esta obra oferece uma ampla cobertura sobre a adultez emergente no Brasil, abordando questões como autonomia, trabalho, metas de vida, diferenças de gênero, sexualidade e uso de substâncias. Relaciona o tema adultez a grupos específicos, como imigrantes, mulheres grávidas e moradores de zonas rurais. Apresenta, ainda, pesquisas atualizadas referentes a esta população no Brasil, sinalizando como diferenças sociais e culturais podem impactar a vivência desta fase.

Würden Sie Aschenputtel auf der Straße erkennen? Die Gebrüder Grimm hätten vermutlich ein Problem damit. Die modernen Aschenputtel zeigen Ecken und Kanten, mit denen die Grimms nie gerechnet hätten. In diesem Buch finden Sie viele wohlbekannte Märchen in neuem Outfit. Rausgeholt aus der Mottenkiste, abgeklopft, zurechtgezupft, mit frischem Duft versehen und ganz allgemein auf Vordermann gebracht, damit sie auch in unserer Zeit wieder Gehör finden. Ein wenig verändert haben sie sich dabei s...

This book presents an overview of the work of the most important Psychology researchers in Brazil, contributing to the internationalization of the discipline and fostering cross-cultural approaches in the field. Over the last two decades, Psychology research has experienced an enormous growth in Brazil, which has placed the country among the ten nations with the highest scientific output in the area. A big part of this output, however, remains inaccessible to the majority of the internatio...

The youth of the world are our most important assets. When youth develop positively, they have the power to benefit themselves, their families, communities, and societies. These tremendous benefits accrue for many generations, so investments in youth represent a highly cost-effective opportunity for positive change. This is the first volume to focus globally on the effects of social and economic change on youth, and on the opportunity to support youth through policy, programs, and interven...

This book presents the method developed by Dr. Silvia Helena Koller and her students and collaborators to apply Urie Bronfenbrenner’s Bioecological Theory of Human Development to empirical studies with children and adolescents. Although Bronfenbrenner's theory, in different stages of development, has been widely cited by several researchers, surprisingly little has been written about the theory itself, its evolution or about the methods that should be used to test it. This book fills this ...

This book presents the results of researches conducted with children and youth at risk for over 20 years in Brazil. It addresses a series of topics related to children and youth living in poverty or in situations of social vulnerability, such as family, sexual and dating violence; adolescent mothers and mothers who put their children for adoption; children and youth living in foster and institutional care; and adolescents involved in drug trafficking or incarcerated in juvenile detention c...