... in a variety of ways in these discourses, they are generally cast as a social problem, with the root of the problem presumed to lie with them ( Sherriff, 2007 ; Arai, 2009 ; Johansson and Hammarén, 2014 ). Overall, this elaboration and hardening of the social problems framework has created an ‘alarmist...

... high ( Buston et al, 2012 ). Many of these young men have biographies like those evidenced through the social problems framework (see Chapter 1 ). 202 They reflect myriad ‘risk’ factors that accumulate over time and may become antecedents for the increased likelihood of engagement in criminal...

... and sustaining a role as an engaged parent. Nevertheless, across this body of evidence, key findings and enduring themes relating to the commitments of young fathers to their children are remarkably similar. Two key orientations are evident in this literature: a social problems framework (that may shade...