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Title Risk taking and personal safety / edited by Justin Healey
Published Thirroul, N.S.W. : Spinney Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource : color illustrations
Series Issues in society ; v. 349
Issues in society (Balmain, N.S.W.) ; v. 349.
Contents Chapter 1 -- Personal safety and crime victimisation; Chapter 2 -- Risk taking and young people; Exploring issues -- worksheets and activities; Index
Summary Experimentation, pushing boundaries and testing your own limits is a part of growing up, however there are many potentially unsafe situations in which teenagers may find themselves at risk and their safety compromised by making harmful personal choices. Everyone has the right to feel safe and to live without fear, this includes travelling alone at night on public transport, going out partying with friends, even accessing the internet at home. What are the strategies and precautions you can take to maximise your feelings of safety and reduce your actual exposure to injury or assault? Risk takin
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Crime prevention -- Australia
Risk-taking (Psychology) in adolescence -- Australia -- Prevention
Social adjustment in adolescence -- Australia
Public safety -- Australia
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
Crime prevention
Public safety
Risk-taking (Psychology) in adolescence -- Prevention
Social adjustment in adolescence
Australia
Form Electronic book
Author Healey, Justin.
ISBN 9781921507953
1921507950