* Forty years of the German Youth Institute : history of a social science research and advisory body - Sibylle Hubner-Funk, Rudolf Pettinger - * From 'youth welfare' to modern youth services : on the deveolpment of German child and youth services - Thomas Rauschenbach - * Childhood and gender : a missing perspective in the research of political socialisation - Ursula Nissen - * How disembodied in youth in German youth sociology? - Sibylle Hubner-Funk - * Ethnicity and gender : limits encountered by nationality- and ethnicity-based women's studies - Iris Bednarz-Braun - * The DJI Panel Study on Childhood : how do children grow up in Germany? - Christian Alt - * Child abuse and neglect : services of the IKK Information Centre - Beate Galm, Sabine Herzig - * Young people's transition from school and training to work : quantitative research strategies in the USA, Canada and Australia - Tilly Lex - * The DJI Family Survey : design and results - Jan H. Marbach - * Single parents in Germany : the career of a topic in social research and policy - Wolfgang Erler - * Youth crime prevention in Germany : strategies and quality criteria - Ursula Winklhofer - * Social participation of (disadvantaged) young people : objectives and quality criteria - Ursula Winklhofer - * Networking - an attempt at social inclusio : neighbourhood-specific programme evaluation regarding young people's deveolpment in social 'hotbeds' - Franziska Wachter - * Youth work with right-wing youths : limitations of educational approaches and opportunities for inter-professional co-operation - Peter Rieker -