Youth Disadvantage In Relation To Crime

Question 1

What did Jacobson say?

Answer 1

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

Question 2

What did Harding say?

Answer 2

• working class youths in London face deprivation and turn to crime for income
• street casino as they turn to crime and gamble with their lives
• street capital gained through committing deviance/criminal activities