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Young People in Contemporary Canada

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People do not exist in a vacuum. Our social environment conditions our behaviour by setting limits on our life chances. Put differently, not everyone is born into the same social circumstances, and this inequality of condition sets the boundaries within which people make their lives. If we are to understand the status and behaviour, “good or bad”, of Canada’s youth, we must take account of their social circumstances. This chapter provides an overview of some key economic and social factors affecting young people’s lives.

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  1. Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, 55 Bond Street East, Oshawa, Ontario, L1G OA5, Canada

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Alvi, S. (2012). Young People in Contemporary Canada. In: Youth Criminal Justice Policy in Canada. SpringerBriefs in Criminology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0273-3_2

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