Kōrero: Youth offenders

Glue sniffers in Manners Mall, 1987

Glue sniffers in Manners Mall, 1987

Negative life experiences and behaviours can contribute to why some youths offend. Truanting from school and engaging in risky activities such as sniffing glue – like this group of youths in Manners Mall, Wellington, in 1987 – are potential contributing factors.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PAColl-7327)
Reference: 0860
Photograph by Phil Reid

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Gabrielle Maxwell, 'Youth offenders - Youth offenders: who, what and why', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/26585/glue-sniffers-in-manners-mall-1987 (accessed 29 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Gabrielle Maxwell, i tāngia i te 5 May 2011, updated 1 Aug 2017