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5 results foundAuthor: Hoff, Karla Ruth Title: Caste and Punishment: The Legacy of Caste Culture in a Norm Enforcement Summary: Well-functioning groups enforce social norms that restrain opportunism, but the social structure of a society may encourage or inhibit norm enforcement. This study shows how the exogenous assignment to different positions in an extreme social hierarchy - the caste system - affects individuals' willingness to punishment violations of a cooperation norm. Although the study controls for individual wealth, education, and political participation, low caste individuals exhibit a much lower willingness to punish norm violations that hurt members of their own caste, suggesting a cultural difference across caste status in the concern for members of one's own community. The lower willingness to punishment may inhibit the low caste's ability to sustain collective action and so may contribute to its economic vulnerability. Details: Bonn: Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), 2009. 45p. Source: Discussion Paper Series/IZA; No. 4343; Internet Resource Year: 2009 Country: International URL: Shelf Number: 116385 Keywords: CastePunishmentSocial ClassSocial ExclusionSocioeconomic Status |
Author: Geller, Amanda Title: A Sort of Homecoming: Incarceration and Housing Security of Urban Men Summary: "While individuals returning from prison face many barriers to successful re-entry, among the most serious are the challenges they face in securing housing. Housing has long been recognized as a prerequisite for stable employment, access to social services, and other aspects of individual and family functioning. The formerly incarcerated face several administrative and de facto restrictions on their housing options; however, little is known about the unique instabilities that they face. We use a longitudinal survey of urban families to examine housing insecurity among nearly 3,000 urban men, including over 1,000 with incarceration histories. We find that men recently incarcerated face greater housing insecurity, including both serious hardships such as homelessness, and precursors to homelessness such as residential turnover and relying on others for housing expenses. Their increased risk is tied both to diminished annual earnings and other factors, including, potentially, evictions from public housing supported by Federal one-strike policies." Details: Princeton, NJ: Fragile Families, 2010. 40p. Source: Internet Resource; Accessed August 16, 2010 at: http://crcw.princeton.edu/workingpapers/WP10-06-FF.pdf; Fragile Families Working Paper: WP10-06-FF Year: 2010 Country: United States URL: http://crcw.princeton.edu/workingpapers/WP10-06-FF.pdf; Fragile Families Working Paper: WP10-06-FF Shelf Number: 118787 Keywords: HomelessnessHousing, Ex-OffendersReentrySocial Exclusion |
Author: Johnston, Les Title: Snakes & Ladders: Young People, Transitions and Social Exclusion Summary: The research project (Young people, transitions and social exclusion) on which this report is based aimed to: • explore the causes, extent and consequences of socioeconomic exclusion for a diverse sample of young people in one particularly disadvantaged locality; • examine and understand the range of ‘mainstream’ and ‘diverse’ careers that young people develop in this context; • suggest what policy and practice interventions might ‘work’ in terms of securing ‘inclusive’ careers for disadvantaged youth and to explore the extent to which these can be extended further to other groups of young people. The project, funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation under their Young People Programme, began in October 1999 and concluded in March 2000. The first chapter discusses the research site and the rationale for its selection, outlines the theoretical and policy context of the study and describes the project’s design and methodology. Chapter 2 looks at six cameos of individuals drawn from the larger sample. The stories revealed in these cameos exemplify the events, problems and processes typically experienced by young people as they grow up in Willowdene. In Chapter 3 we draw on these cameos – and, where appropriate, on data from interviews with other young people – to identify the key analytical themes which aid the understanding of youth transitions in a context of social exclusion. Finally, in Chapter 4 we summarise the main findings of the research and consider some of its policy implications. Details: York, UK: The Policy Press and the Joseph Rountree Foundation, 2000. 44p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed August 27, 2012 at: http://www.jrf.org.uk/sites/files/jrf/jr090-young-people-exclusion.pdf Year: 2000 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.jrf.org.uk/sites/files/jrf/jr090-young-people-exclusion.pdf Shelf Number: 126112 Keywords: Delinquency Prevention (U.K.)Disadvantaged YouthSocial Exclusion |
Author: Jones, Anwen Title: Addressing Antisocial Behaviour: An Independent Evaluation of Shelter Inclusion Project Summary: Shelter Inclusion Project represents a new approach to tackling antisocial behaviour and social exclusion. The scheme was launched in 2002 in partnership with Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council. The project was designed to provide an alternative model to present enforcement policies and residential schemes by offering a specialist floating support service to help households identify and deal with the causes of their behaviour and learn how to resolve their situations. Shelter Inclusion Project illustrates how meeting the support needs of households involved in antisocial acts can impact positively on their behaviour and reduce the risk of homelessness and social exclusion. An independent evaluation of the pilot model, funded by the Housing Corporation and undertaken by the Centre for Housing Policy, University of York, found that: the project succeeded in ending or improving antisocial behaviour in seven out of ten households that had completed their time with the project. Among the 45 ‘closed case’ households, 60 per cent no longer exhibited any antisocial behaviour. A further 11 per cent were reported as showing improvements in their behaviour. high levels of tenancy sustainment were achieved, with 84 per cent of closed cases assessed as no longer being at risk of homelessness following contact with the project. there was a high level of service engagement, with users accepting targeted work to address antisocial behaviour. Most service users reported that the project had made a significant difference to their lives, helping them to regain confidence, control and self-respect. Over its three-year duration, the project supported 74 households containing a total of 230 individuals. The households had been subject to a total of 149 actions for antisocial behaviour, including written and verbal warnings, eviction, injunctions and Anti-social Behaviour Orders. The most common antisocial acts were noise and youth nuisance. The majority of the households, 67 per cent, contained children. Lone parent households formed the most common type of household at 43 per cent. However, in 70 per cent of cases, antisocial behaviour was being committed only by an adult in the household. The households were almost all economically inactive at the point of referral. Only three per cent of the service users were in work. Nearly half (45 per cent) were carers for dependent children. Children were often experiencing disruption to their education, including truanting and exclusion, at the point of referral. Twenty-four per cent of the children were either temporarily or permanently excluded, or missing significant amounts of school. Many households had high levels of selfreported health and support needs. More than half the households contained an adult with depression and other mental health problems. Just under one third of the households contained someone with a limiting illness or disability. Drug and alcohol dependency among adults was a problem in 23 per cent of the households. Details: York, UK: Shelter, The University of York and The Housing Corporation, 2006. 60p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed September 26, 2012 at: http://england.shelter.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/38611/Inclusion_Project_Evaluation_Addressing_antisocial_behaviour.pdf Year: 2006 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://england.shelter.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/38611/Inclusion_Project_Evaluation_Addressing_antisocial_behaviour.pdf Shelf Number: 126458 Keywords: Antisocial Behavior (U.K.)HomelessnessHousingShelter Inclusion ProjectSocial Exclusion |
Author: Irish Penal Reform Trust Title: The Vicious Circle of Social Exclusion and Crime: Ireland's Disproportionate Punishment of the Poor Summary: The purpose of this Position Paper is to emphasise the complex matrix between social exclusion and crime, in order to impress on policy makers that an effective response to crime must, at the front end, involve investment in early intervention to combat social and educational disadvantage to prevent vulnerable young people embarking on criminality in the first instance. At the back end - i.e. post imprisonment - appropriate measures should be put in place to reintegrate ex-prisoners back into society, including comprehensive assistance with housing and work or training, for the benefit of the individuals themselves, as well as the communities to which they are returning. Details: Dublin: IPRT, 2012. 28p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed February 10, 2016 at: http://www.iprt.ie/files/Position_Paper_FINAL.pdf Year: 2012 Country: Ireland URL: http://www.iprt.ie/files/Position_Paper_FINAL.pdf Shelf Number: 137835 Keywords: At-Risk YouthOffendersPovertyPrisoner ReentryPrisonersReintegrationSocial ExclusionSocio-economic Conditions and Crime |