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JOURNAL OF YOUTH RESEARCHES
Social Exclusion and Youth
Delinquency*
Copyright © 2017
Republic of Turkey Ministry of Youth and Sports
Journal of Youth Researches • April 2017 • 5(1) • 29-36
ISSN 2147-8473
Received
| 03 March 2017
Accepted
| 10 April 2017
Abstract
Social exclusion denotes a dynamical process raised by an individual’s state of being far away from
social supports, his/her being deprived of institutions protecting his/her rights and his/her being in
both material and moral deprivation in consequence of a number of disadvantages and inequalities.
This concept which is widely used in the countries of Western Europe implicates not only the eco-
nomical aspects but also individualistic and social aspects.
Many people face the risk of social exclusion in society. The disabled, women, the needy, patients
and criminals can be regarded among those who face that risk. Crime behavior caused by individual
or structural reasons can be both a cause and an effect of social exclusion. Having looked at the
resources concerning criminalism, it is noticeable that crime behavior has a high incidence among
young individual.
In this study, the relationship between crime behavior in the youth which is an important phase in
the life of individual and social exclusion is focus on. The field study carried out in this context has
been conducted on the youngsters benefiting from probation services in the Probation and Support
Services Centre’s of General Directorate of Prisons of Detention Houses of Ministry of Justice. The
investigation has been completed in the Provincial Directorates of Probation of two metropolises
which are Ankara and Istanbul. In the field study in which both qualitative and quantitative tech-
niques are used, “Social Exclusion Scale” has been applied to 234 people and has deeply been in-
terviewed with 18 people. In conclusion the acquired data corroborates the quantitative results. This
research sets forth that social exclusion is a significant factor in accounting for the youth criminalism.
Keywords:
Youth, Crime, Social Exclusion
E X T E N D E D A B S T R A C T
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This article is produced from the author’s thesis “Young Criminals in the Context of Social Exclusion”.
** Dr., Ministry of Youth and Sports, Directorate General For Education, Culture and Research, Youth and Sports Expert,
Senem Aslan
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