What's at risk? The proliferation of risk across child and youth policy in England
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12600489 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gavin Turnbull (Ambulance Care (Sweden), corresponding author), Jean Spence (0009-0006-8129-7986, Durham University) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 939-959 |
| Publication date | 2011-09-20 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Youth Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1367-6261 • E-ISSN: 1469-9680 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13676261.2011.616489 |
| OpenAlex | W1978749431 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 24 |
| References cited | 38 |
The concept of risk has found increasing prominence in social policy, human services management and front-line practice in recent years. This is particularly the case in relation to children and young people, who, in the UK, have been subject to a range of interventions based on the identification of population-based risk factors. Through the analysis of UK publications (primarily covering England) relating to children and young people during the Labour Government (1997–2010), this article identifies how risk has proliferated across a wide range of youth-related fields, becoming a social, political and moral entity in itself rather than a tool for primarily criminological prediction and intervention. The article concludes that this proliferation demands further empirical study and theoretical scrutiny beyond the criminal justice sphere in which it is often contained and also questions the extent to which the construction of youth both ‘at-risk’ and ‘as-risk’ is a useful and effective way of driving policy and practice interventions
Criminal justice · Criminology · Government (linguistics · Identification (biology · Intervention (counseling · Moral panic · Political science · Population · Positive Youth Development · Psychological intervention · Public relations · Scrutiny · Sociology · Youth studies · Children's Rights and Participation · Gender Studies · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Psychology · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
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Foucault, Health and Medicine
Risk and Culture
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The Entrepreneurial Self and ‘Youth at-risk’
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Concepts of Risk in Relation to Organizational Structure and Functioning within the Personal Social Services and Probation
Trust and confidence
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Uncertain subjects
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| Unique citing works | 24 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,71 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2026 (15) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 24 |