Youth offending and youth justice / edited by Monica Barry and Fergus McNeill.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Barry, Monica.

McNeill, Fergus.

Series:

Research Highlights

Research highlights ; 52

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Juvenile delinquency--Great Britain.

Juvenile delinquency.

Juvenile delinquents--Great Britain.

Juvenile delinquents.

Juvenile justice, Administration of--Great Britain.

Juvenile justice, Administration of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (210 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Youth Offending and Youth Justice engages constructively with current policy and practice debates, tackling issues such as the criminalisation and penalisation of youth, sentencer decision-making, the incarceration of young people and the role of public opinion. It also features an applied focus on professional practice.

Contents:

FRONT COVER; Youth Offending and YouthJustice; Contents; Part One Youth Offendingand Youth Justice in Context; Chapter1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The Changing Landscapeof Youth and Youth Crime; Chapter 3 Criminal Careersand Young People; Chapter 4 Children and Young People: Criminalisation andPunishment; Chapter 5 Youth Justice Policyand its Influence on Desistance from Crime; Chapter 6 Youth, Crime and Punitive Public Opinion: Hopes and Fears for the NextGeneration; Part Two Youth Offending and YouthJustice in Practice; Chapter 7 Beyond Risk Assessment: The Return of RepressiveWelfarism?

Chapter 8 Supervising Young Offenders: What Works and What'sRight?Chapter 9 Incarcerating Young People:The Impact of Custodial 'Care'; Chapter 10 Doing Youth Justice:Beyond Boundaries?; Chapter 11Conclusions; THE CONTRIBUTORS; SUBJECT INDEX; AUTHOR INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612392986

9781282392984

1282392980

9780857001955

0857001957

OCLC:

548664485