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Ethical Issues in Youth Work

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Ethical Issues in Youth Work presents a systematic analysis of some of the core ethical dilemmas facing youth workers in their day to day practice. Among the topics discussed
*when to break confidentiality
*the ethics of religious conversion
*conflicts between cultures
*balancing the autonomy and control of young people
*maintaining an equilibrium between accountability to funders, empolyers and young people
This book also examines some of the key issues facing youth workers in the context of public fears of youth crime, lawlessness, drug use, teenage pregnancy and policies designed to control and contain as well as educate and care for young people.
Ethical Issues in Youth Work offers a timely and unique insight into both the perennial dilemmas of youth work practice and some of the more recent challanges faced by youth workers in the light of current public attitudes and government policy towards young poeple.

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First published February 25, 1999

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