"May Rest as Much with a Country's Politicians as They Do with 'Street-Level' Actors"

"'If you had a dad who was down the pit or in a steel mill, you were expected to follow him into that occupation, and if his pit or mill closed, that pulled the economic rug from under you,' Farrall said. 'So the process of deindustrialisation took away young people's hope and aspirations when they were young by making their parents unemployed and hitting their own job prospects. That could lead to them turning to drugs and crime.'"

Jamie Doward at The Guardian reports that "academics claim that their research shows how government policies during the 1980s played a part in kick-starting offending careers."