Youth Justice in Context : Community, Compliance and Young People

ISBN-13: 9780415667920 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 224 str.

Maira(c)Ad Seymour; Mair Ad Seymour

Opis

Drawing on the international literature and empirical research from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, this book examines the influence of legislative, organizational, policy and practice issues in shaping what constitutes compliance and how non-compliance is responded to when supervising young offenders in the community.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. Responding to non-compliance with the requirements of community disposals  3. Compliance theory, research and practice 4. The context of community supervision: adolescent development and social circumstances  5. The social and criminal justice context of supervising young offenders  6. Constructing compliance on offender supervision  7. Promoting compliance and responding to non compliance  8. Young people's perspectives on the supervision process  9. Young people's perspectives on transition, change and desistance  10. Conclusion

O autorze

Mairéad Seymour is a senior lecturer at the Dublin Institute of Technology. Her research interests include youth crime and justice, comparative youth justice, offender compliance and community sanctions.