This book examines changes that are likely to impact adolescents' lives and their futures as adults.

1. Macrostructural trends and the reshaping of adolescence Jeylan T. Mortimer and Reed Larson; 2. Youth in aging societies Elizabeth Fussell; 3. The transition from school to work Alan C. Kerckhoff; 4. Criminal justice in the lives of American adolescents: choosing the future Frank T. Cullen and John P. Wright; 5. Adolescent health care in the US: implications and projections for the new millennium Elizabeth M. Ozer, Tracy MacDonald and Charles E. Irwin, Jr; 6. Youth and information technology Ronald E. Anderson; 7. Social space, the final frontier: adolescents on the Internet Kate Hellenga; 8. Approaching policy for adolescent development in the twenty-first century James Youniss and Allison J. Ruth.