| Youth Justice and Child Protection Contributor(s): Hill, Malcolm (Editor), Lockyer, Andrew (Editor), Stone, Fred (Editor) |
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ISBN: 184310279X ISBN-13: 9781843102793 Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers OUR PRICE: $42.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2006 Annotation: With ever-increasing new policies on ?anti-social behavior? and ongoing public concern over the care of children, juvenile crime and law breaking, this new book is a timely examination of recent developments in the areas of youth justice and child protection. The central focus of the book is on whether society and young people in state care, both in young offenders? institutes or foster/care homes, are better served by the dispensation of justice or appropriate family support. A broad range of international contributors discuss different approaches to this issue and the varying extent to which it is dealt with as part of the same system ranging from the English, Welsh, Western European, US and Canadian arrangements, where judicial and service responses are largely segregated to the Scottish system where both are dealt with in the same children's hearing system. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare - Social Science | Children's Studies - Social Science | Criminology |
| Dewey: 364.36 |
| LCCN: 2006026592 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.32" W x 9.16" (1.08 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is an examination of recent developments in the areas of youth justice and child protection. It investigates how well young people and the societies in which they live are served by judicial and service systems. Consideration is given to those in care - in young offenders' institutions, foster families and residential homes - as well as those living with their families. A broad range of international experts discuss the largely segregated youth justice and children's legal and service systems in England and Wales, other parts of Western Europe and the US, and compare these with Scotland's integrated system. The implications of these arrangements are considered for the rights of children and parents on the one hand and society on the other. The contributors also provide insights into the rationale for current and proposed policies, as well as the efficacy of different systems. This book will be an important reference for policy-makers, social workers, lawyers, magistrates and equivalent decision makers, health professionals, carers, and all those working in youth justice and child protection. It is highly relevant for academics and students interested in children, citizenship, youth crime, child welfare and state-family relations. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lockyer, Andrew: - Andrew Lockyer is Professor of Citizenship and Social Theory in the Department of Politics at the University of Glasgow. He was formerly a children's panel member and authority chair. He has written on children and the state, children's rights, citizenship education and the Scottish Children's Hearings System. |