Abstract
This study examines the effect of employment on delinquent behavior among young people in “hidden situations”. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were used, and 588 young people in these hidden situations were investigated. Results showed that some of them had employment; their employment status constituted a mediating effect on preventing them from being involved in delinquent behavior. Also, participants who had work explained the reasons for not being involved in delinquent behavior. These results reflect that whether young people in hidden situation involve in delinquent behavior depends on their employment rather than their hidden behavior itself. The implication is that practitioners should respect the youths’ self-preferred choice of employment and even advocate a revision of the definition of employment in Hong Kong.
Highlights
It is stated that employment and delinquent behavior are related (e.g., 1–3)
This reflects that young people retreat from social participation when they start to become hidden, they will have jobs again when they stay in a prolonged hidden situation
This reflects that fewer young people who are in a deeper level of hidden situation have jobs
Summary
It is stated that employment and delinquent behavior are related (e.g., 1–3). According to the study conducted by Chan [22] on youth in hidden situations in Hong Kong, these youth do have employment, which is one of the significant life transitions predicting a decreased likelihood delinquent behavior. This demonstrates that these youth are not jobless, only that their jobs do not match the official definitions of employment that requires a “formal job attachment” [23] and an “outside workplace” (24: 4). Youth in hidden situations are not necessarily delinquent-prone in light of their
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