Based on two years of intensive research in a juvenile prison, this study tells the story of youths in a model program, created after a class action lawsuit for inhumane and illegal practices. It captures their lives inside and outside of prison: from drugs, gangs and criminal behaviour to the realities of families, schools and neighbourhoods. Drawing on experience that encompasses 20 years of juvenile justice research and policy analysis, the authors scrutinize the prison's attempts to combine accountability and treatment for youths with protection for the public, situating these within the...
Based on two years of intensive research in a juvenile prison, this study tells the story of youths in a model program, created after a class action l...
'The book is organized into seven chapters. Each can stand alone - offering a focus on a particular aspect of the research, with a summary and conclusion and//or recommendations - and they also link well together. Areas covered include: risk factors; the effects of partner violence on victims, perpetrators and children; sexual violence; same-sex couple violence; ethnic minority violence; and prevention, intervention and training' - British Journal of Social Work Twenty years of accumulated knowledge and research into violence towards partners are synthesized in this landmark book. Topics...
'The book is organized into seven chapters. Each can stand alone - offering a focus on a particular aspect of the research, with a summary and conclus...
