http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/authors/212/will-la-bennett Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Sun, 03 May 2026 08:16:02 -0400 Sun, 03 May 2026 08:16:02 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/249/idle-youth-using-sport-to-address-the-youth-bulge-in-sierra-leone By Will LA. Bennett - There is a growing consensus that the prevalence of a large youth population is not conducive to peace and that such a ‘youth bulge’ can even increase the risk of civil conflict and political violence.[1] Richard Cincotta and Elizabeth Leahy argue that such a youth bulge within the confines of fragile or failing states where economic opportunities are few and horizontal inequalities are numerous raises the potential for violence significantly. Indeed they discovered that about eighty-six percent of all countries that experienced a new outbreak of civil conflict between 1970 and 1999... Tue, 11 May 2010 08:05 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/249/idle-youth-using-sport-to-address-the-youth-bulge-in-sierra-leone