◎ contents 1. Youth policy and the new vocationalism the adolescent generation and the state 1) Young people and policy : priority one? 2) Skills, youth training and a reconstructed Austrailia 3) Back to school and minimalist education 2. Youth crime,moral panics and public order media images, the 'youth problem'and social regulation 4) Car theft and the crim of no space 5) Young people,law and the street 6) Youth services and the role of 'soft cops' 7) Conclusion : control,space and rebellion