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

How is the modern world shaping young people and youth crime? What impact is this having on the latest policies and practice? Are current youth justice services working? With contributions from leading researchers in the field, this book offers an insightful, scholarly and critical analysis of such...

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Other Authors: Barry, Monica, McNeill, Fergus
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2009.
Series:Research highlights in social work ; 52.
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Summary:How is the modern world shaping young people and youth crime? What impact is this having on the latest policies and practice? Are current youth justice services working? With contributions from leading researchers in the field, this book offers an insightful, scholarly and critical analysis of such key issues. 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 appli.
Physical Description:1 online resource (208 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9780857001955
0857001957
1843106892
9781843106890
1282392980
9781282392984
9786612392986
6612392983
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.