| Youth Justice in Practice: Making a Difference Contributor(s): Whyte, Bill (Author) |
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ISBN: 1861348398 ISBN-13: 9781861348395 Publisher: Policy Press OUR PRICE: $36.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2008 Annotation: This book examines youth justice in a UK and an international context and provides essential guidance for practitioners who have to balance ways of reducing youth crime with meeting the needs of young people involved in criminal behavior. It offers a critical and comparative overview of youth justice in the UK, set against principles outlined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Each chapter uses a problem-based learning approach, beginning with a scenario from social work practice and then draws on messages from theory and research. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Social Work - Social Science | Criminology - Law | Criminal Law - Juvenile Offenders |
| Dewey: 364.36 |
| Series: Social Work in Practice (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.7" W x 9.3" (0.95 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book examines youth justice in a UK and international context, while drawing on the author's experience in Scotland to highlight the challenge facing all jurisdictions in balancing welfare and justice. It explores the impact of political ideas and influences on both the structural and practical challenges of delivering youth justice and practice initiatives including early intervention, restorative justice, structured risk assessments, intensive supervision, maintaining change over time, and practice evaluation. The theoretical framework draws on social learning theory and the tradition of socio-education/social pedagogy as reflected in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. This is the only book to focus specifically on the application of evidence to service delivery within youth justice. It will be an essential text for social work students undertaking university-based modules or practice-based learning in services which address youth crime and youth justice, as well as other students interested in the application of criminology and youth justice principles. It will also be valuable for practitioners involved in delivering youth justice services, including those on post-qualifying social work training courses. |