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Labeling and Construction of Vulnerable Young People: Mad, Bad, Sad or Fad, Exercises of Construction

The social construction of vulnerable young people through the labels 'Mad, Bad, Sad, or Fad.' The author, Cathy Phillips, discusses how these labels impact young people diagnosed with mental illness (Mad), perceived as 'offenders' (Bad), victims of abuse and neglect (Sad), and the latest social issues (Fad). The text also covers the empowering or disempowering effects of these labels and how they shape perceptions and reactions towards young people.

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Mad, Bad, Sad or Fad
Labelling of Vulnerable Young People
Cathy Phillips
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Mad, Bad, Sad or Fad^ Labelling of Vulnerable Young People

Cathy Phillips

Introduction •^

Social construction of vulnerable young people^ ^

Mad: young people and mental illness

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Bad: young people as “offenders”

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Sad: young people as victims of abuse and neglect

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Fad: the “latest” thing and the construction ofcrime

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Empowering or Disempowering?

Bad: young people as “offenders”

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Assumptions about “offenders”

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Assumptions shape how professionals, the “system” andthe public (and media) react to those young people.

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Trigger processes that induce the very behaviour thatwas anticipated, creating a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Sad: abuse and neglect

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Children and Young People as victims

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Looked After Children are at greater risk ofcriminalisation

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Young people in the Looked After system often suffer dueto lower expectations and being lost in the system,resulting in being re-victimised.

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