Youth justice and child protection / edited by Malcolm Hill, Andrew Lockyer and Fred Stone.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hill, Malcolm.

Lockyer, Andrew.

Stone, Frederick H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child welfare.

Children--Legal status, laws, etc.

Children.

Juvenile delinquency.

Juvenile justice, Administration of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (322 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Philadelphia : J. Kingsley Publishers, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is an examination of recent developments in the areas of youth justice and child protection. It investigates how well young people and the societies in which they live are served by judicial and service systems. Consideration is given to those in care as well as those living with their families.

Contents:

COVER; Youth Justice and Child Protection; Contents; Preface; Introduction: The Principles and Practice of Compulsory Intervention when Children are 'At Risk' or Engage in Criminal Behaviour Malcolm Hill, Andrew Lockyer and Fred Stone; Part 1: Different Approaches to the Youth Justice-Child Care and Protection Interface; 1 Approaching Youth Crime through Welfare and Punishment:The Finnish Perspective Johanna Korpinen and Tarja Pösö; 2 The Interface between Youth Justice and Child Protection In Ireland Helen Buckley and Eoin O'Sullivan

3 Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice in the USA: A Practice Perspective Mark Creekmore 4 Juvenile Crime and the Justice System in Sweden Anna Hollander and Michael Tärnfalk; 5 Child Protection and the 'Juvenile Secure Estate' in England and Wales:Controversies, Complexities and Concerns Barry Goldson; Part 2: Trends in Child Protection and Youth Justice Policy; 6 Developments in Child Protection Jim Ennis; 7 The Relationship between Youth Justice and Child Welfare in England and Wales Anthony Bottoms and Vicky Kemp; 8 Change, Evidence, Challenges: Youth Justice Developments in Scotland Bill Whyte

Part 3: Issues in Evaluation 9 Assessing How Well Systems Work: The Example of Scottish Children's Hearings Sally Kuenssberg; 10 The Scottish Children's Hearings System:Thinking about Effectiveness Lorraine Waterhouse; Part 4: Decision-making and Rights; 11 The Place of Lay Participation in Decision-making Barbara Reid and Ian Gillan; 12 Children's Justice: A View from America Donald N. Duquette; 13 Children's Rights and Juvenile Justice David Archard; 14 Human Rights and Children's Rights in the Scottish Children's Hearings System Kathleen Marshall; 15 Conclusions Andrew Lockyer, Malcolm Hill and Fred Stone

The Contributors Subject Index; Author Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786610929290

9781280929298

1280929294

9781846425530

1846425530

OCLC:

298419663