Youth, Risk, Routine: A New Perspective on Risk-Taking in Young Lives

by Tea Torbenfeldt Bengtsson and Signe Ravn

Young people's lives continue to be the topic of public scrutiny and recurring 'moral panics'. Smoking cannabis, speeding, and engaging in street-level fights are depicted as activities based on 'poor choices' or simple hedonism, putting young people's futures at risk. Based on comprehensive, qualitative research with young people in Denmark, this book illustrates how such individualised accounts miss out on the inherently social character of risk-taking...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367527987
• ISBN13: 9780367527983
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.1"