Transforming Youth Justice

ISBN-13: 9780415628082 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012

Anna Souhami

Opis

Through an ethnographic study of the formation of a Youth Offending Team (YOT) this book explores a neglected area of organisational cultures in criminal justice. Itexamines the nature of occupational culture and professional identity through the lived experience of youth justice professionals in this time of change.

Spis treści

1. Transforming youth justice  2. Occupational cultures and criminal justice  Part 1: The Youth Justice Team  3. Experiences and problems of team membership  4. Working in youth justice: social work and ambiguity  5. An unrepresentative representative: being a police officer on a YOT  Part 2: Ambiguity and change  6. Joining the team: problems of identity and membership  7. Experiencing change: identity, resistance and fragmentation  8. Managing ambiguity and change: power and creativity  Part 3: A Youth Offending Team  9. Culture and identity in the new youth justice  10. Understanding culture and change  Appendix Researching a Youth Offending Team

O autorze

Anna Souhami is Lecturer in Criminology at the School of Law, Edinburgh University.