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Date: April 30, 2024 Tue
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Results for disadvantaged neighborhoods (scotland)
2 results foundAuthor: GoWell Title: Intolerance and adult perceptions of antisocial behaviour: focus group evidence from disadvantaged neighbourhoods of Glasgow Summary: The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child recently singled out the UK for its ‘general climate of intolerance and negative public attitudes towards children, especially adolescents’. In this paper, we explore adult perspectives on intolerance and antisocial behaviour (ASB) using focus groups involving residents of disadvantaged neighbourhoods in Glasgow. This study was conducted as part of the GoWell Programme which investigates experiences and impacts of urban regeneration in Glasgow. The findings were analysed to address four key questions summarised within. Details: Glasgow, Scotland: GoWell, 2011. 20p. Source: Briefing Paper 15: Internet Resource: Accessed September 20, 2012 at http://www.gowellonline.com/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=214&Itemid=218 Year: 2011 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.gowellonline.com/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=214&Itemid=218 Shelf Number: 126382 Keywords: Anti-Social Behavior (Scotland)Disadvantaged Neighborhoods (Scotland)Public Opinion Survey (Scotland) |
Author: GoWell Title: Young people's experience of intolerance, antisocial behaviour and keeping safe in disadvantaged areas of Glasgow Summary: The view that intolerance towards young people is rife in the UK has been widely advanced. UK surveys show that a substantial minority of adults describe teenagers as a serious problem in their local area. The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child recently singled out the UK for its ‘general climate of intolerance and negative public attitudes towards children, especially adolescents’. In this paper, we explore young people’s own perspectives on intolerance and antisocial behaviour (ASB) using interviews and focus groups involving young residents of disadvantaged neighbourhoods in Glasgow. We found evidence that young people believed they were the object of conscious and unconscious stereotyping by adults. In addition, young people held negative perceptions of other young people in their neighbourhood and used similar stereotypes to the adults in the neighbourhood. We also found evidence of young people experiencing ASB and taking steps to secure their own safety within the neighbourhood. We conclude that while young people may be the object of adult intolerance, they are also actively developing their own social attitudes about their peers and community that at times appear unsafe to them. Therefore, policy and practice in this area need to reflect two broad interpretations of young people’s ASB: one that emphasises the involvement of young people in such behaviour and another that focuses on negative attitudes towards young people. Details: Glasgow, Scotland: GoWell, 2011. 12p. Source: Briefing Paper 16: Internet Resource: Accessed September 20, 2012 at http://www.gowellonline.com/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=215&Itemid=218 Year: 2011 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.gowellonline.com/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=215&Itemid=218 Shelf Number: 126383 Keywords: Anti-Social Behavior (Scotland)Disadvantaged Neighborhoods (Scotland)Juvenile Delinquency (Scotland)Neighborhoods and Crime (Scotland)Public Opinion (Scotland) |