Youth Representation

Stanley Hall (1904) argued that:
1. "The common mood of teenagers is a state of depression."
2. "Criminal activity increases between the ages of 12 and 24.
3. "Young people are extreme and need excitement; "Youth must have excitement and if it is not at hand in the form of moral intellectual enthusiasm it is more prone to be sought in; sex, drink or drugs""

Dick Hebdige (1988) termed: "Youth as fun," and "Youth as trouble maker."