‘Just give up the ball’: In search of a third space in relationships between male youth workers and young men involved in violence

This article critically examines the employment of male youth workers in the field of youth crime prevention. It focuses on how their relationships with young men involved in violence might (or might not) support young men and promote desistance. It does this via the presentation of a single psychos...

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1. VerfasserIn: Harris, Pete (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2022
In: Criminology & criminal justice
Jahr: 2022, Band: 22, Heft: 2, Seiten: 254-269
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