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Food, Clothes and Shelter?. Edition No. 1
VDM Publishing House, May 2009, Pages: 272
This book seeks to tell the story of welfare
provision for young people at risk of offending in
one area of North Wales. Its main focus is on the
views of young people from the largely rural counties
of Conwy and Denbighshire area, who have been
referred to the youth justice services for their
convictions in court or their ‘at risk’ behaviour.
From Youth Justice Board evidence and other research
studies, we think we know what factors contribute to
the risk of offending, which welfare agencies are
used and how many times these young people are
referred to them. The work aims to look at provision
from a qualitative perspective; a primary site of
interest for this thesis is whether the service
helped, if it was appropriate and how relationships
developed. The focus on North Wales provides an extra
dimension in its rurality and distance from the power
bases in Cardiff and London. Thus, ‘Food, Clothes
and Shelter? aims to provide valuable insight into
the relationship between welfare services and young
people and it will ensure that the debate has been
properly contextualised within the wider discsussions
on the youth justice system in England and Wales.
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