Why are more young law breakers imprisoned in Russia and the UK than in any other European country? This book explores the treatment of young offenders in these two very different states and the political and institutional context of their distinctively punitive approach.
Challenges men to reflect on their personal and emotional behaviour and uses prison life as an analogy to help them rethink their perspectives. This book offers illustrative case studies, structured exercises and topics for discussion, which can be used individually or in a group.
An analysis of the theories of delinquency, environmental issues, juvenile justice issues, and the juvenile justice system. Offering an objective presentation of juvenile delinquency theory and juvenile justice policy issues, it examines opposing sides of controversial aspects of delinquency and delinquency programs in a balanced, unbiased way.
Critiques an evidence base about the causes and prevention of youth offending in Australia and promotes the further development of this evidence base. This title draws on Australian evidence wherever possible, highlighting international evidence where Australian evidence is not available or is conflicting.
Presents an examination of the youth justice system which chronicles the history of youth custody centres, government policies, sentence leniency, judicial education, social work, and the Youth Criminal Justice Act. This book is suitable for students, school counsellors, social workers and the legal community.
Provides a critical basis for rethinking the relationship between young people (problematic or not) and the wider society of which they necessarily form an integral and engaged part. This book concludes by formulating an alternative model of what constitutes 'effective' policy and practice when concerns arise about their 'problem' behaviour.
Presents a student-friendly analysis of various aspects of the juvenile justice system. This book covers the history and development of the juvenile justice system and the issues related to juveniles, including police interaction, court processes, due process, movements toward diversion and deinstitutionalization, and community intervention.
Troubled youth intersect with many government systems, but few as frequently and critically as with juvenile justice. This edited volume brings together experts in juvenile justice, child development, and public health to explore the connections between juvenile justice and child health and wellbeing.
Gang activity and related violence threaten public order in a diverse range of communities in the United States. This book offers information on the issue of youth gangs, including data on gangs and gang crime. It reviews various anti-gang initiatives at the federal, state, and local levels.
Talks about social exclusion and crime among young people, based on a study of a multiply deprived council housing estate in the north of England. This book investigates the importance of fashion, music and drugs in young people's lives, providing a detailed ethnographic account of the realities of exclusion.
The image of the violent, anti-social gangster is part of the American landscape, often romanticised and glamorised by popular culture. This book provides identity and social relationships for some young people who feel marginalised by the dominant social, economic and cultural environments in which they live.
Deals with fundamental, and at times, controversial issues in juvenile justice that are universal and go beyond the individual juvenile justice systems of various countries. This book tries to answer questions including - What age groups can be transfered to the adult criminal justice system and for what crimes?
This volume provides a systematic overview of the contemporary Latin American youth violence phenomenon. The authors focus specifically on youth gangs, juvenile justice issues, and applied research concerns, providing a rounded and balanced exploration of this increasingly important topic.
Provides a comprehensive and critical overview of the youth justice system. This book begins by setting the youth justice system in historical context, and then assesses the impact of political ideas and influence on both the structural arrangements for delivering youth justice and practice initiatives. It offer a critique of the developments.
Girls' bad behavior has attracted seemingly relentless poplar attention over the years, with girls' violence and girl gangs commonly constructed as urgent and growing social problems. This book explores young women's accounts of their pathways into crime and the impact of youth justice intervention on their everyday lives.
Covering aspects of criminal justice and the criminal justice system, this dictionary contains approximately 300 entries on terms and concepts. It contains entries which include summary definition, main text and key texts and sources. It also takes account of emerging occupational and Skills for Justice criteria.
The relationship between education and youth crime has long been recognised in terms of social policy and public opinion. This book provides a survey of the research evidence, policy development and practical issues relating to education and offending by young people. It is intended for youth justice practitioners as well as students.
Aims to equip practitioners in youth justice and the wider children's workforce with an understanding of key theoretical concepts from a range of disciplines that might inform and enhance their work. This handbook also aims to encourage a critical interrogation of the ideas that underpin practice, examining such concepts as 'child development'.
Presents an account of the emergence, nature and impact of armed youth gangs in an East London Borough. This book describes the challenges these armed young men and women pose to their communities, those charged with preventing crime and those struggling to vouchsafe 'community safety'.
Aims to provide an understanding of youth offending and policy and practice responses, particularly the risk-focused approaches that have underpinned much recent academic research, youth justice policy and interventions, designed to reduce and prevent problem behaviour. Aims to meet the need for an exploration of youth justice and youth offending.
Considers the development of integrated and targeted youth support services and the implications for practice of early intervention policies. This work analyses the causes of serious violent crime through consideration of issues that address gangs and guns. It considers the impacts of family intervention projects and parenting work.
Provides an overview of youth crime and youth policy developments in the UK. This work features an analysis of the processes of criminalization and contemporary patterns of youth crime, and seeks to develop a formulation of youth justice for the future. It provides an assessment of contemporary evaluative research.
Delinquency is an antisocial misdeed in violation of the law by a minor. This book examines the correlation between family environment and juvenile delinquency and criminality. It also discusses the social factors that influence delinquent behaviour.
Examines young people's involvement in crime as both victims and offenders. This book offers an understanding of adolescent crime by studying the relationship between individual characteristics and lifestyles, and their joint influence on adolescent involvement in crime - taking into account family, school and neighbourhood influences.
Analyses the federal legislation that impacts the state juvenile justice systems. This book provides an overview of research on the deterrent effects of transferring youth from juvenile to criminal courts. It examines juvenile suicides that occurred in confinement. It describes the demographic characteristics and social history of victims.
Suitable for students taking courses in youth justice or training for work in the youth justice system, this book is about the involvement of young people in criminality and the subsequent response of the authorities to their activities. It also examines the origins, foundations, implementation and parameters of the youth justice system.
This study presents a discussion of advances in our understanding of the juvenile offender. These derive from psychological and criminological theory and research and from efforts by social science researchers and practitioners to develop and evaluate new approaches to youth crime.
Includes material on antisocial behaviour orders (ASBOs); gangs; gun and knife crime; early intervention initiatives; the respect agenda; restorative justice; and child imprisonment. This book offers tools to enhance the learning process, including chapter outlines, summary boxes, key terms, study questions, and further reading lists.
Few issues attract greater concern and censure than those that surround youth 'gangs'. This book presents an account of complex questions pertaining to urban youth identities, crime and social order. It locates the question of 'gangs' in both historical and contemporary contexts.
Provides background information on the issue of youth gangs, including data on gangs and gang crime. This book reviews anti-gang initiatives at the federal, state, and local levels, and describes some of the legislation proposed during the 110th Congress to address the gang problem, as well as some of the issues raised by those bills.
Reviews youth crime and different responses to it, focussing particularly on England and Wales but also analysing for comparative purposes the nature of responses in other parts of the world, in particular Canada. This book is suitable for practitioners, policy makers, and students.
Offending behaviour in young people is a problem not only for affected neighbours and communities; it is also a serious problem for the young people involved. This book reviews the literature on a number of techniques and treatment approaches designed for use with adolescent conduct disorder and young offenders.
Offers an understanding of adolescent crime by studying the relationship between individual characteristics and lifestyles and their joint influence on adolescent involvement in crime, against the backdrop of the juveniles' social context - taking into account family, school and neighbourhood influences.
Using extensive case studies, this text covers: identifying the underlying problems of each offender; how staff can identify and deal with potential problems as early as possible; professional issues for management and staff; and practical suggestions for simple reforms.
This book explores key contemporary patterns of delinquency, the response to these by the juvenile justice agencies and what can be done to address these problems. It also analyses the major policy and legislative changes, chiefly the shift from penal welfarism to diversion and restorative justice.
Both probation and youth justice have undergone massive changes in recent years. This text reviews developments in evidence based practice in a number of different areas, bringing together the findings of research projects commissioned by the Home Office, the National Probation Directorate & the Youth Justice Board.
Victim awareness and the needs of victims of crime are a major societal concern. This course encourages empathy in young people who commit crimes or hurt others through their actions. It is intended to be used directly with young people who have committed a specific crime or caused harm and distress to others through their actions.
Presents a comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of assessment and intervention planning with young people who offend. It title offers practitioners with the knowledge and professional skills central to these critically important tasks.
Presents an analyses of data on crime and social development up to age 70 for 500 men who were remanded to reform school in the 1940s. These men were the subjects of the classic study Unraveling Juvenile Delinquency by Sheldon and Eleanor Glueck (1950). This book offers a longitudinal study of age, crime, and the life course.
Sets the standard for the understanding and treatment of young people who commit sexual offenses. This title contains coverage of treatment, including chapters on therapeutic relationships and the process of change, abuse-specific components of treatment, and offense-specific treatment interventions.
Provides a critical basis for rethinking the relationship between young people (problematic or not) and the wider society of which they necessarily form an integral and engaged part. This book concludes by formulating an alternative model of what constitutes 'effective' policy and practice when concerns arise about their 'problem' behaviour.