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Title Working with youth-at-risk in Hong Kong / edited by Francis Wing-lin Lee
Published Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press ; London : Eurospan [distributor], ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 146 pages)
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UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Archive Political Science and Policy Studies Foundation
Contents Foreword; Preface; Contributors; 1. Introduction: The Phenomena of "Youth-at-Risk" in Hong Kong; 2. Service Programmes for "Youth-at-Risk" in Hong Kong; 3. Working with Youth Gangs: An RGC Approach; 4. Working with Young Substance Abusers: A Harm Reduction Approach; 5. Strategies for Tackling School Bullying: A Whole-School Approach; 6. Police Diversion Measures for Juveniles at Risk; 7.Community Support Service Scheme -- Project Phoenix; 8. Effectivesness of Services to "Youth-at-Risk": The Case of Outreaching Social Work
Summary According to the statistics from the Hong Kong Police, around 6000 juveniles (aged 7 to 15) were arrested each year in the last ten years. Although not all these young people arrested were convicted as delinquents, the problem of youth-at-risk has drawn a
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-144) and index
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Subject Youth with social disabilities -- Services for -- China -- Hong Kong
Youth with social disabilities -- China -- Hong Kong -- Social conditions
At-risk youth -- Services for -- China -- Hong Kong
At-risk youth -- China -- Hong Kong -- Social conditions
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
At-risk youth -- Services for
At-risk youth -- Social conditions
Youth with social disabilities -- Services for
China -- Hong Kong
Form Electronic book
Author Lee, Francis Wing-lin
LC no. 2008555475
ISBN 9789882203105
9882203108
1282707361
9781282707368