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2025-04-03 · Dail
Diverting Young People from Criminal Activity: Statements (Resumed)
To quote a wise man I know, “Inequality is our Trojan horse.” Adolescents in our inner cities face harrowing challenges in their environments due to inequality and disadvantage brought on by neglect. The term "age-friendly cities" must be expanded to include adolescents in particular, who presently have no input into the amenities and features of their surroundings in their public realm and are often left with little to no safe activities to avoid falling into troublesome behaviour, which then forms their adulthood…