Introduction to themed special issue: exploring 'welfare' attitudes and experiences

Public policy reform over several decades has succeeded in systematically impoverishing and worsening the social and economic conditions of poor, single young men. That this group is the most prone to criminality and criminalisation, while being pushed further into the margins of the licit and illic...

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Published in:The journal of poverty and social justice : research, policy, practice policy, practice, 2016-10, Vol.24 (3), p.215-216
Main Authors: Hudson, John, Patrick, Ruth, Wincup, Emma
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitudes
Crime
Criminal statistics
Criminality
Criminalization
Economic conditions
Low income groups
Men
Poverty
Prone
Public opinion
Public policy
Reforms
Unemployed people
Welfare
Welfare services
Young adults
Young men
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Summary:Public policy reform over several decades has succeeded in systematically impoverishing and worsening the social and economic conditions of poor, single young men. That this group is the most prone to criminality and criminalisation, while being pushed further into the margins of the licit and illicit economy, has been a central feature of long-term and growing crime trends. The article argues that successive governments have been unwise to neglect the poverty of unemployed,single young men into young adulthood. Their comparatively unfavourable treatment (as the most‘undeserving’ of the ‘undeserving poor’) has impoverished a group renowned for being crime-prone.
ISSN:1759-8273
1759-8281
DOI:10.1332/175982716X14721954315048