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Interrogating Conceptions of “Vulnerable Youth” in Theory, Policy and Practice pp 17–32Cite as

Conundrums for Youth Policy and Practice

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As Bessant (2008, p. 347) points out with considerable dismay, more recently neurological science has been used to argue that young people as an entire cohort are “a ‘high risk group’ who are irresponsible, troublesome, rebellious, and even criminally inclined, and that this can be explained in terms of the biological development of the human brain”.

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Riele, K.T. (2015). Conundrums for Youth Policy and Practice. In: Riele, K.t., Gorur, R. (eds) Interrogating Conceptions of “Vulnerable Youth” in Theory, Policy and Practice. Innovations and Controversies: Interrogating Educational Change. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-121-2_2

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