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<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" vlink="#CC0000" alink="#CC0000"><center><hr width="350" size="1" align="center" noshade>Essays on policies, programs, and ethical issues<hr width="350" size="1" align="center" noshade><p><a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/ChicagoBook.aspx?ISBN=9781566390484&&PRESS=temple" target="_top">Buy this book!</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">View Cart</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">Check Out</a></p><p><img src="1009_reg.gif" height=200 border=1 vspace=4></p></center><!--none//--><h1>Young Unwed Fathers</h1>
<H2>Changing Roles and Emerging Policies</H2>
<h3>edited by Robert I. Lerman and Theodora J. Ooms</h3>
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<BR> 360 pp
6x9
27 tables 6 figures
</P><BLOCKQUOTE><I>"An important resource for scholars, policymakers and social service providers....devoted to economic, demographic, ethical, legal, public policy, psychological, social service, subcultural and sociological issues relevant to young fathers. This volume contributes to the ongoing process of reframing the early pregnancy an childbearing literature to include young fathers. The empirical chapters include quantitative analyses of national surveys, ethnographic studies of inner-city young men and program evaluations....provide[s] up-to-date overviews of recent policy and programmatic initiatives."</I>
<br>—<b><I>Journal of Adolescence</I></b><I></I></BLOCKQUOTE>
<p>This volume is the first volume to bring together a wide and balanced array of research program and policy perspectives on unwed fatherhood. The essays illuminate the public debate about welfare reform, paternity and child support, and family values.
<BR> <h2>Excerpt</h2><P>Excerpt available at <a href="http://www.temple.edu/tempress">www.temple.edu/tempress</a></p>
<BR> <h2>Contents</h2><P>
<p>Acknowledgments
<br>1. Introduction: Evolution of Unwed Fatherhood as a Policy Issue – Robert I. Lerman and Theodora J. Ooms
<p><b>Part I: Who Young Unwed Fathers Are</b>
<br>2. A National Profile of Young Unwed Fathers – Robert I. Lerman
<br>3. Young Fathers and Parenting in a Central City – Mercer L. Sullivan
<br>4. Sex Codes and Family Life Among Poor Inner-City Youths – Elijah Anderson
<br>5. Risking Paternity: Sex and Contraception Among Adolescent Males – Freya L. Sonenstein, Joseph H. Pleck, and Leighton C. Ku
<br>6. When and Why Fathers Matter: Impacts of Father Involvement on the Children of Adolescent Mothers – Frank F. Furstenberg, Jr. and Kathleen Mullan Harris
<p><b>Part II: Rights and Obligations</b>
<br>7. Legal Rights and Obligations: An Uneven Evolution – Ruth-Arlene W. Howe
<br>8. Ethical Dimensions of Young Unwed Fatherhood – George W. Harris
<p><b>Part III: Policies and Programs</b>
<br>9. Creating Federal Leadership in Research and Policy Development – Linda Mellgren
<br>10. Paternity Actions and Young Fathers – Esther Wattenberg
<br>11. The Problems and Promise of Child Support Policies – Sandra K. Daziger, Carolyn K. Kastner, and Terri J. Nickel
<br>12. In-Kind Contributions as Child Support: The Teen Alternative Parenting Program – Maureen A. Pirog-Good
<br>13. Involving Unwed Fathers in Adoption Counseling and Teen Pregnancy Programs – M. Laurie Leitch, Anne M. Gonzalez, and Theodora J. Ooms
<br>14. The Role of Unwed Fathers in the Abortion Decision – Arthur B. Shostak
<br>15. Service Programs to Help Unwed Fathers – Joelle Sander
<br>16. Employment Patterns of Unwed Fathers and Public Policy – Robert I. Lerman
<p>List of Contributors
<br>Index
</P><BR> <H2>About the Author(s)</H2>
<table><tr><td valign="top"><img src="/tempress/authors/1009_au1.gif" height="90" width="75"></td><td width="100%" valign="middle"><p><b>Robert I. Lerman</b> is Professor of Economics at The American University. He is co-author (with Andrew Hahn) of <I>What Works in Youth Employment Policy?</I></P></td></tr></table><P><b>Theodora J. Ooms</b> is Director of the Family Impact Seminar of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy Research and Education Foundation. She has published four other books, including <I>Teenage Pregnancy in a Family Context</I> (Temple).</P>
<P>Contributors: Elijah Anderson, Sandra K. Danziger, Frank F. Furstenberg, Jr., Anne M. Gonzalez, George W. Harris, Kathleen Mullan Harris, Ruth-Arlene W. Howe, Carolyn K. Kastner, Leighton C. Ku, M. Laurie Leitch, Linda M. Mellgren, Terri J. Nickel, Maureen A. Pirog-Good, Joseph H. Pleck, Joelle Sander, Arthur B. Shostak, Freya L. Sonenstein, Mercer L. Sullivan, Esther Wattenberg, and the editors.</P>
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