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YSED602 Young People at Risk

10 cp
Prerequisites Nil
Teaching Organisation Students will participate in the equivalent of 24 hours class contact in a semester in a range of face-to-face and flexible-delivery approaches.

In this unit consideration is given to young people in two ways: what do we know about the experience of young people and how have youth as vulnerable and as a threat been represented. particular attention is given to the constitution of the categories of adolescence, delinquent, maladjusted youth, deviant youth, youth at risk, drawing on the work of people such as Burt, Homel, Catalono, Dryfoos, Rutter as well as critics like Kelly and Rose. Insights will also be provided regarding actual risks associated with being young in various contexts, and how those risks are experienced and portrayed within those context environments. This unit will include material on young people at risks of abuse, neglect, substance abuse, homelessness, as well as young people who present as risks to others in terms of various anti-social activities such as violence and criminality.

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