Youth Disadvantage In Crime

Question 1

Jacobson

Answer 1

Found that children and young people in custody, 3/4 have absent fathers and half had to live in a deprived household, half had to run away and others were from care homes (complex backgrounds)

Question 2

Harding

Answer 2

Working class youths in London face deprivation and turn to crime for income and calls this a street casino as they turn to crime and gamble with their lives, street capital is gained through committing deviance