Issues in focus

Relates accounts of teen violence at home, school, and in the community and offers information on the causes and solutions relating to the problem.

Discusses issues surrounding various types of censorship which occur in schools including censorship of literature, courses, textbooks, and expression.

Examines some of the negative aspects of the World Wide Web, discussing issues such as censorship, privacy, and cybercrime.

Discusses genes, genetics, and the legal and ethical issues involved in mapping DNA in the human body.

Describes different computer crimes, including hacking, computer fraud, viruses, and Internet scams, discussing the methods used to commit them and penalties for those who are caught.

Describes many cases of modern genocide including the systematic murder of Jews, Armenian, Cambodians, Rwandians, and the "ethnic cleansing" in Bosnia and Kosovo with many descriptions, facts, and actions of the justice community.

An overview of the issues surrounding the debate over whether abortion should be permitted by law, and under what circumstances.

Relates accounts of teen violence in school, at home, among friends, and in public places, and offers information for victims about what to do and where to get help.

Explains what happens to young adults before, during, and after their parents' divorce.

Examines the history and uses of pesticides, their advantages and disadvantages, their regulation, and the idea that they are a necessary risk in order to feed the world.