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In common with many other areas of educational and social welfare provision over the last three decades, the idea of risk has had a major influence on youth-work policy and practice. From this perspective, young people are now designated as either ‘at risk’ from a range of public and private dangers, or as ‘risky’ to themselves and others. In both cases, these categorisations are seen to be the result of personal, familial or communal deficiencies (CCCS, 1982; France, 2011; Dorling, 2012). As a result, the focus on young people has narrowed from a broad-based collective concern with their education and social development to an individualised approach based on risk. This has greatly limited the provision of services to young people (Wood and Hine, 2009; Ord, 2012).
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Bowler, R. (2013). The Risky Business of Challenging Risk: Youth Work and Young People through the Lens of ‘Race’. In: Kearney, J., Donovan, C. (eds) Constructing Risky Identities in Policy and Practice. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137276087_9
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