Evidence Of Youth Disadvantage (Workplace, Health, Media, Crime)

Question 1

Ritzer - Workplace

Answer 1

Zero hour contracts, unstimulating, low wage jobs with a few benefits, especially in a service industry

Question 2

The equality trust - workplace

Answer 2

Young people have been in a bad situation for the pasta, kid with increasing rental housing and accommodation costs

Question 3

BBC three - workplace

Answer 3

Under 25s are treated much more harshly, don’t get the same level of support as people over 25 and not had the same level of support from the government as people with mortgages

Question 4

The Guardian - Health

Answer 4

Younger people are more likely to want volunteers to help plug the gap in the social care provision, healthcare institution is ageists, school children, helping disabled family members, taking care after them she’s NHS has a lack of funds to get professional helpful disabled elderly adults

Question 5

Cohen - Media

Answer 5

Tell me negative labelling of youth in the media, e.g. mods and rockers, labelled as ‘folk devils’ who threaten the basic morals of society

Question 6

Griffin - Media

Answer 6

Three ways you are labelled by the media:
- dysfunctional
- suffering a deficit
- deviant

Question 7

Women in journalism - Media

Answer 7

Hoodies, only 24% of stories about teens and sport were positive and only 16% of stories about teens and entertainment were positive, 85% of team. Boys said newspapers betrayed them in a bad light, but reality TV was seen to portray them the most fairly

Question 8

Jacobson - Crime

Answer 8

Children and young people in custody, absent fathers, live in a deprived household, runaway, and others were from care homes = complex backgrounds

Question 9

Harding - Crime

Answer 9

Working class year in London, face deprivation and turn to crime for income, street casino, Street capital is going through committing deviance/criminal activities