Citation

Hayden C, Nguyen HN, Twigg L. Youth Justice 2017; 17(3): 232-249.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, National Association for Youth Justice, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1473225417716100

PMID

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Abstract

This article is based on original research in Vietnam and is focused on explaining the offending behaviour of young people on educational programmes incarcerated in educational institutions. The primary research includes a self-report survey of young people in custody (n = 2009) in the four national educational institutions as well as interviews with young people (n = 98) and staff (n = 34). The research concludes that the interaction of problematic family circumstances; community-based issues - specifically on-line gaming; and individual disposition, within a context of the problems created by rapid socio-economic change, explains the offending of these young people.


Keywords: Juvenile justice;

Language: en