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MANAGING SOCIAL PROBLEMS AMONGTS MALAYSIAN YOUTHS A social problem is a condition that at least some people in a community view as being undesirable. In medical terminology, social problems are situations affecting a significant number of people, that are believed to be sources of difficulty or threaten the stability of the community and require programs amelioration. While social problems have become a global phenomenon, an effective approach to managing it has not been forthcoming. Understanding the root causes to the issue is critical. The UN High-level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change, for example, considers that the combination of a booming youth population (between 10 - 24-year olds) with unemployment and urbanization can raise the risk of civil strife suggesting that if they are not productively employed or feel disaffected from society, particularly males, they are more likely to express their frustrations through violence. But despite the difficulties of making the transition to adulthood, the UN studies conclude that the vast majority of young people function as stable members of society going peacefully about their affairs. In practice, while a small proportion of adolescents develop bad habits of drug abuse, violent behaviour and criminality that adversely condition the course of their adult lives, the overwhelming majority move on to an adulthood in which they accept the prevailing codes of conduct and themselves come to be concerned about the criminal behaviour of later generations. According to the United Nations Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency (the Riyadh Guidelines), "youthful behaviour or conduct that does not conform to overall social norms and values is often part of the maturation and growth process and tends to disappear spontaneously in most individuals with the transition to adulthood."
Clearly adolescence / teenage years is a critical but uncertain period of cognitive, emotional, physical, and sexual development with consequences across the life course that can put some young people in conflict with the law and endanger their health and well-being. Moreover, apart from the global trends that are exacerbating those risks such as rapid population growth and urbanization, advances in technology mean today's youths are facing issues that no previous generation has ever seen. While some issues are not exactly new, electronic media has changed or amplified some of the struggles young people face including social exclusion and the rising incidence of mental health problems, obesity, illegal racing, bullying, violence / criminal conducts, sexual activity and substance abuse (alcohol and drugs). Yet juvenile crime or violence is only part of the story. It is important to recall that many youths come into contact with the law as victims. Whatever the circumstances, effective social work with youthful offenders and victims is generally lacking in many national and local settings.
1. Current data on Malaysian youth issues and initiatives that have been established to manage them. 2. Compare other countries' approaches in managing these similar issues. 3. Describe the initiatives already taken by the UN to handle these youth issues. 4. Explain the environmental factors/players with whom you have to establish relationships in combating these youth issues. 5. Describe the issue from the open system approach. 6. Diagnose the root causes of the social problems amongst our youth by conducting a gap analysis. 7. Discuss how you should recognize different cultures, disparate assessments, different tasks in crises and diverse goals in its approach to manage the youth issues specifically in Malaysia (considering our population's diversity and the different players listed in no. 4). 8. Suggest intervention strategies that may eradicate all or most of the problems. 9. Describe how you should monitor, change and stabilize the measures taken and how it can ensure longstanding sustainability and accountability in its approach to manage the youth issues in the country.