Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Why focus on the transition to adulthood for vulnerable populations? / D. Wayne Osgood ... [et al.] -- The transition to adulthood for youth "aging out" of the foster care system / Mark E. Courtney and Darcy Hughes Heuring -- The transition to adulthood for adolescents in the juvenile justice system : a developmental perspective / He Len Chung, Michelle Little, and Laurence Steinberg -- Policy and program perspectives on the transition to adulthood for adolescents in the juvenile justice system / David M. Altschuler -- Young adults reentering the community from the criminal justice system : the challenge of becoming an adult / Christopher Uggen and Sara Wakefield -- Prisoner reentry and the pathways to adulthood : policy perspectives / Jeremy Travis and Christy A. Visher -- Homeless youth and the perilous passage to adulthood / John Hagan and Bill McCarthy -- Transition for young adults who received special education services as adolescents : a time of challenge and change / Phyllis Levine and Mary Wagner -- Transition experiences of young adults who received special education services as adolescents : a matter of policy / Phyllis Levine and Mary Wagner -- Risks along the road to adulthood : challenges faced by youth with serious mental disorders / J. Heidi Gralinski-Bakker ... [et al.] -- Coping with mental health problems in young adulthood : diversity of need and uniformity of programs / Phillip M. Lyons, Jr., and Gary B. Melton -- Adolescents with disabilities in transition to adulthood / Robert Wm. Blum -- Youth with special health care needs and disabilities in transition to adulthood / Patience Haydock White and Leslie Gallay -- The transition to adulthood for troubled youth and families : common themes and future directions / E. Michael Foster ... [et al.].

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