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What and who is 'Playing for Life'? This paper outlines an international three-year Australian Research Council project funded from 2003-2005 and thus currently in progress. It maps the project's aims [...]

In August 2001, David MacKenzie and Chris Chamberlain conducted the second national census of homeless school students in Australia. In this paper they present the main findings of the census [...]

Young people's use and negotiation of 'public' space is often constructed as problematic in many settings. This paper reports on the print media portrayal of young people in 'public space' [...]

Ten-year-old Emlyn, a key participant in my research into pre-teen girls' engagement with popular music, was very interested in pop concerts. Like the other seven girls (aged eight to 11) [...]

Hip hop can be regarded as a global youth subculture; however, academic writing about Australian hip hop makes little reference to subcultural theory. Mitchell suggests that postmodern discussions of 'subcultural [...]

A large number of academic writings, mindful of the intense sociopolitical environment from which hip hop evolved, speak respectfully of the appropriation of hip hop by marginalised groups around the [...]

In the December 2002 issue of Youth Studies Australia, David MacKenzie and Chris Chamberlain presented the main findings from the second national census of homeless school students. In this follow-up [...]

School-to-work transition is an area of great policy interest at all levels of Australian government as evidenced in the expansion of vocational education and training in schools; however, increasingly the [...]

It is perhaps surprising, given the widespread concern about youth violence, that there has been little or no research into the effect of socioeconomic status on youth aggression. In the [...]

Multifactoral explanations of human behaviour now predominate in the human services areas. Rob White describes, evaluates and critiques the implications of this approach before considering the impact of implementing community-based [...]

In this summary of an invited address to the inaugural Australian Women Speak conference, Anita Harris provides an overview of research that has been undertaken into Australian young women as [...]

This study of substance use in a sample of Australian university students found that significant proportions of students drank to excess or reported drug use. In addition, a core group [...]

Ruth Webber reports on the results of a pilot study conducted in 2001 of young people and parents from Melbourne's Vietnamese community. She relates the stories of Vietnamese parents and [...]

A study of the effects of a heroin shortage on the demand for drug treatment services found that there were no significant changes in either demand for treatment or in [...]

L. Gowing, H. Proudfoot, S. Henry-Edwards & M. Teeson, Australian National Council on Drugs, 2001, ISBN 1877018023, 103pp. This report, commissioned by the Australian National Council on Drugs, was undertaken [...]

This paper brings under one cover three reports on the costs of children in Australian families: 1) 'Updated costs of children using Australian budget standards' by P Henman, which provides [...]

At the Australian National Youth Affairs Conference held in Melbourne 1-3 May 2007, Rod Baxter and Emma Haxton presented a peer-reviewed paper titled 'Powerful participation'. The paper is 'a collection [...]

Youth Ethics Discussion Paper launch: The Youth Ethics Framework for Tasmania consultation process closed in early July, following the launch at Parliament House, Hobart on 17 April by Minister Cassy [...]

The Youth Ethics Framework for Tasmanian consultation paper was launched on Tuesday, 17 April, at Parliament House, Hobart by Minister Cassy O'Connor. The draft code has been in development for [...]

YNOT, together with the Tasmanian Youth Ethics Working Group, have finished their review of the Fairbridge Code of Ethics. The group has decided to prepare a discussion paper to support [...]

The US research centre Child Trends has released a briefing paper that looks at the romantic : sexual relationships of young people in the 18-25 age group. It uses data [...]

YANQ is currently calling for papers for the 2011 edition of new Transitions. The theme of this edition is 'What is youth work?' It will be launched at the YANQ [...]

In Australia there is currently no consistent ethical framework for those involved with youth work. In response to this, the Youth Network of Tasmania (YNOT), in conjunction with sector representatives [...]

This study, undertaken for the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, aimed to give an overview of the situation of young Australians who care for ill or [...]

In the UK, the 'Youth Matters' green paper, released in July, talks of youth work as a form of professional intervention, and 'offers the prospect of drawing together effective local [...]

Resources on a youth work code of ethics are outlined on the Youth Action and Policy Association of NSW web site at: www.yapa. org.au/youthwork/ethicscode/There you'll find the 44-page discussion paper [...]

Copies of papers by Owen (1996); Phillips, Stacey and Milner (2001) and Stacey et al. (2002), which are listed in the references, may be obtained for a cost of $6.60 [...]

In Youth Studies Australia, v.20, n.3, 2001, we published a paper titled 'Hopes and fears: The life choices, aspirations and well-being of young rural women' by Penny Warner-Smith and Christina [...]

The voices of young people are heard loud and clear in many of the papers in this issue of Youth Studies Australia. We start with a study of young women's [...]

M.C. Morreale & A. English, Journal of Adolescent Health, v. 35, n.4, 2004, pp.335-39. In the USA, between 1973 and 2004, death sentences were imposed on 227 people who were [...]

Prepared by the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre in collaboration with C.J. Spooner: Planning, Research and Evaluation, Australian National Council on Drugs, 2001, ISBN 1877018015, 79pp. Youth drug use [...]

A paper published in the September edition of Youth Studies Australia has questioned the criminalisation of hooning and car culture by governments and the media. In the paper, University of [...]

The papers in this issue of YSA showcase the variety of topics and research methods that are characteristic of the Australasian youth sector. The first paper features Helen Rodd and [...]

The beauty of editing a journal that relies on unsolicited papers is that the findings which researchers want published are often cutting-edge and topical, while the theoretical papers frequently deal [...]

This paper examines credit card usage and credit recovery activities by female students at universities in Melbourne, Australia. Primary data were collected though a four-part questionnaire. A total of 257 [...]

The subject of this paper is research that explored how young people use text messages and songs stored on their mobiles and MP3 players to escape everyday life. Two separate [...]

This paper reports on outcomes of a pilot study implemented to assess items to be used in a large study of retention in Tasmanian state schools. Ninety-four students in Years [...]

In this paper, young people enrolled in foundation skills courses compare their experiences at TAFE with their experiences at school. Interviews were conducted with 30 early school leavers who were [...]

Body image concerns have been highlighted as a key issue for young Australians. Drawing on qualitative research, this paper contextualises the current sociological interest in the body, and explores the [...]

The authors of this paper describe a program that focuses on delivering key health care messages and providing a safety net for young workers in the building and construction industry, [...]

Using an online sample of young Australians, this paper explores perceptions of the likelihood of 10 consequences of illicit drug use, including both positive and negative outcomes. Pleasure and concern [...]

Adolescents who experience poor physical and/or mental health are at high risk of disengagement from their expected pathways through education, training, employment and social inclusion. This paper describes the development [...]

In Central Australia, youth programs have addressed volatile substance misuse and, more recently, issues associated with crime rates, health and emotional wellbeing, cultural renewal, educational outcomes and 'socialising'. This paper [...]

In response to polarising and emotive debates around young people using the internet, this paper presents recent research findings and offers insight into the issue from the perspective of young [...]

The future of humanity is inextricably linked to climate change and global warming. In this paper, Rob White explores the implications of climate change for youth sociology and for young [...]

The great majority of research papers published in YSA are either by PhD candidates or researchers and academics who have already achieved that status. The leading paper in this issue, [...]

Using Moxley's (1997) program development framework as an agenda for a dialogue that juxtaposes an academic perspective with that of a seasoned youth program manager, this paper focuses on the [...]

Little consideration has been given to the influence of housing tenure on young people's developmental pathways. This paper draws on empirical findings from research conducted in the northern suburbs of [...]

In late 2007, a proposal for an Islamic school in Camden, a semi-rural area located in the greater Sydney region, sparked concern among local residents. This paper examines the discourses [...]

Participatory media approaches were used as a strategy to provide space for youth with refugee backgrounds to narrate their early settlement experiences. The paper describes the challenges of participatory media [...]