First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Part I The adolescent in context: adolescent development, risk, and oppurtunity; between adolescent and group worker. Part II Guidelines for group building; what's so special about group work?; planning in group work; socializing adolescents into group culture; alliance formation with parents whose adolescent children join groups; the use of problem solving in group work; cultivating a sense of competence, belonging, and creativity; leave taking, moving on, and looking back. Part III Contemporary and age-old themes in group work - guidelines, applications and practice illustrations: prejudice reduction, group identity, and intergroup relations; violence and youth; adolescent sexuality and group work; group work as a counterforce to alcohol and other drugs; loneliness, social isolation, scapegoating, and group work.