Though predominantly arising out of the murders of teenagers Letisha Shakespeare and Charlene Ellis in Aston, Birmingham, on 2 January 2003, this book holds appeal for anyone wishing to deal with the personal, cultural and structural issues facing young people today.
The book's methodology will be familiar to most people who have studied youth and community work, or similar disciplines. It is a spiral that begins with experience, moves on to analysis and reflection, and ends in action.
While it may be challenging for those who are tempted to dismiss the attempts of Christians to engage in youth work as simplistic, naive or unprofessional, the thinking at least equals other current youth work texts. However, as author Robert Beckford acknowledges, churches don't always engage fully in the reality of the situations facing young people.
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