Young People and Youth Justice

ISBN-13: 9780333687604 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 269 str.

Mark Drakeford;Kevin Haines

Opis

This book offers a clear and comprehensive guide to youth justice practice based on a solid grounding of academic research and in-depth understanding of how the youth justice system operates. Lessons from the past, current challenges and new directions are all explored. The book provides a judicious balance between an analysis of past policy and practical strategies for present day issues such as parental responsibility, risk and restorative justice.

Spis treści

Introduction: Young People and Youth Justice.- Youth and Society.- Youth Justice: A Recent History.- Developing a Youth Justice Philosophy.- Managing Youth Justice Systems.- Managing Other Significant Systems.- Effective Work with Young Offenders.- Young People and Criminal Responsibility.- Bibliography.

O autorze

KEVIN HAINES is Lecturer in Applied Social Studies at the University of Wales, Swansea, where he is responsible for teaching about youth justice and criminal justice management. He has a longstanding interest in youth justice and is a member of the committee of the National Association for Youth Justice. He is the author of Understanding Modern Juvenile Justice.

MARK DRAKEFORD is a lecturer in the School of Social and Administrative Studies, University of Wales, Cardiff, where he has particular interests in social welfare systems and young people. He has been a practitioner in the Juvenile and Youth Court systems in Wales and England for more than twenty years, having worked in the probation service and in intermediate treatment.