| Project title: | The Effects of Deregulatory Policies on Youth Criminality and the Connections between Poverty and Crime |
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| Project type: | Social Crime Prevention |
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| Researchers/contact: | Mr M. Presdee - Department of Social and Education Studies, Christ Church College, Canterbury, Kent UK; formerly Magill Campus, University of South Australia |
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| Commencement date: | 1989 |
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| Location: | SA |
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| Funding body/institution: | Criminology Research Council Grant |
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| Description of the study: | This report discusses the development of youth crime and how it links to poverty and policing initiatives. The pressures faced by young Australians throughout history are considered with a particular focus on the continuing policing of youthful pleasures. Now at a time of soaring youth unemployment the pressures of poverty can be seen to be drawing young people into doing wrong. Much youth crime is subsistence related and can be linked to poverty. |
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| Description of the outcomes: | This report develops ideas about future directions in research and policy aimed at addressing issues relating to youth marginalisation, inequality and social exclusion. Included are the following suggestions, 1) that a joint Ministerial group on youth crime prevention be set up to consider and assist with the development of local youth policies and youth crime prevention strategies, 2) that ways to achieve an element of financial independence for young people be investigated, 3) that an enquiry should take place to investigate the role of youth workers in youth crime reduction and prevention, 4) that an investigation take place to ascertain ways in which education can be made more flexible to account for the special needs of all young people, and to consider home tuition schemes as part of crime prevention, 5) allocating special funds for youth crime prevention programs, 6) further funding should be allocated for continuing research into the effects of the structures of modern Australia on the lives of young people |
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