The important issues of what theory and research on human development can teach us about adolescents' vulnerability, how to reduce that vulnerability and under what circumstances parental consent does not protect children's rights are considered in this volume.
The editors skilfully bridge the gap between those volumes which set out legal requirements that govern research on minors and the research methodology literature on adolescent psychology.

Introduction - Barbara Stanley and Joan E Sieber
The Ethics of Social Research on Children and Adolescents
Legal Constraints on Social Research with Children - Judith Areen
PART ONE: THE DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESS
Developmental Changes in Research Risk and Benefit - Ross A Thompson
A Changing Calculus of Concern
Respecting Boundaries - Gary B Melton
Minors, Privacy and Behavioral Research
Autonomy, Beneficence and Child Development - Ruth Macklin
An Ethical Analysis
PART TWO: THE CONSENT PROCESS
Minors¿ Assent to Behavioral Research Without Parental Consent - Thomas Grisso
Assent Processes - Alexander J Tymchuk
PART THREE: RESEARCH ON HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR
Protecting Children¿s Rights in AIDS Research - Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus and Cheryl Koopman
Community Intervention Research on Minors - Joan E Sieber