The most ‘undeserving’ of all? How poverty drives young men to victimisation and crime

Kingston, Sarah; Webster, Colin

doi:10.1332/175982715x14448287452303

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“…Studies have observed that social disadvantage can increase stress and bullying can become a means to achieve psychological balance in that situation (Jansen et al, 2012;Lo et al, 2013). Being socially disadvantaged can also make children the object of discrimination in a culture that constructs social hierarchies based on wealth (Hosang & Bhui, 2018;Kingston & Webster, 2015). However, in an Irish national study no associations were found between parental economic wealth and the prevalence of victimisation in adolescence (D'Urso et al, 2020).…”

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Bullies, victims, and meanies: the role of child and classmate social and emotional competencies

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This study used a personal oriented approach to identify distinct combinations of children’s experiences of bullying and victimisation in the Irish primary school context. The study investigated the social and emotional characteristics that predicted those profiles at individual and classroom levels. The sample of 2,062 participants was drawn from the Irish national cohort study Children’s School Lives. We analysed teacher reports of individual children’s strengths and difficulties and neglect, and child reports of experiences of bullying, victimisation, and care from classmates. Latent profile analysis revealed five main profiles of bullying and victimisation in Irish primary schools. Approximately 40% of the children were distributed in the atypical profiles (i.e., bullies, meanies, victims, and bully-victims) with the other 60% of children reporting very low levels of bullying and victimisation. Multilevel modelling predicted the profile membership from a set of social and emotional predictors from individual and classroom levels. At the individual level, being a bully was predicted by higher child neglect, hyperactivity, conduct problems, and peer problems; being a meanie was predicted by hyperactivity, peer problems, and less caring classmates; being a victim was predicted by child neglect, conduct problems, and less caring classmates; and being a bully-victim was predicted by conduct problems and less caring classmates. At the classroom level, being a victim was predicted by being in a classroom comprised of younger children, and in classrooms where children were less caring on average. Theoretical and psycho-educational implications are discussed.

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“…The most stigmatized youths are, in fact, the least privileged and most deprived. By extrapolation, common sense attributes to marginalized youths a high propensity of participating in organized crime, ignoring the structural and intervening factors one must consider while linking poverty and crime (Kingston and Webster 2015 ). Behind such prejudice, criminal behaviors are conceived as byproducts of individual choices that reflect a preference for “la vida loca”—the crazy life—a licentious but risky way of life, associated with marginalized neighborhoods, drugs, violence, jail, and murders, contributing to the reproduction of stigmas associated with these groups.…”

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Is There a New Youth Policy in Mexico?

Mora-Salas

Cortés

2021

JAYS

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This article analyzes the youth policy promoted by the Andrés Manuel López Obrador administration. We contend that, although this government claims to be implementing an alternative approach to promote social inclusion for the youth, its actions seem to be far from fulfilling this commitment. “Jóvenes Construyendo el Futuro,” the chief youth program of this government, hardly improves employment prospects for the most deprived youth and brings about no improvement in terms of the existing social stereotypes concerning this population. By assuming that this group of marginalized youth faces the risk of being recruited into organized crime, the authorities’ narrative contributes toward reinforcing conventional social stigmas that exacerbate social marginalization.

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“…Youth unemployment hinders both economic development and social welfare. Not only are unemployed youth unable to actively contribute to the economy, but they are also less satisfied and healthy, as well as more prone to social isolation and delinquent behaviour than those following a vocational activity (Wanberg 2012;Kingston and Webster 2015;Andresen and Linning 2016). Being unemployed at a young age increases the risk of long-term unemployment, mental health problems in later life and intergenerational dependency on welfare programmes (Konle-Seidl and Eichhorst 2008;Bell and Blanchflower 2011).…”

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What gets them going? The effects of activation policies on personal change processes of unemployed youth

Niyadurupola

Esposito

2021

Journal of Education and Work

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Activation policies are widely adopted to encourage labour market participation of unemployed youth, and yet they are poorly understood and monitored with regard to the causal mechanisms unfolding through their implementation. Activation schemes are often based on the carrot-andstick logic informed by microeconomic job search theory, but activation occurs through processes which are far more complex and comprises elements of career identity and capability development, among others. This paper is the first to provide an in-depth exploration of the processes of attitudinal and behavioural change experienced by unemployed youth over the course of their participation in different activation programmes. Seven phases of change emerged from the analysis, namely vocational availability, self-testing, self-knowledge, self-confidence, goal-orientation, vocational activity and perseverance. For each of these phases, we identify drivers of change from both within and outside the intervention sphere, and discuss them in their implications for research and practice.

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The most ‘undeserving’ of all? How poverty drives young men to victimisation and crime

Cited by 16 publications

References 29 publications

Bullies, victims, and meanies: the role of child and classmate social and emotional competencies

Bullies, victims, and meanies: the role of child and classmate social and emotional competencies

Is There a New Youth Policy in Mexico?

What gets them going? The effects of activation policies on personal change processes of unemployed youth

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