Doing Justice To Young People

Author : Roger Smith
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136681035

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There is an impasse in current thinking about youth crime and justice, represented by punitive and harmful practices, and liberal objections to these processes on the other, based predominantly on arguments for ‘rehabilitation’. This book aims to arrive at an alternative strategy for resolving the tensions between young people – especially those on and beyond the margins – and the social world which frames their lives. The book is split into three sections: Part 1 focuses on young people, their attitudes and behaviour; Part 2 considers the way in which their behaviour is constructed as criminal and then addressed; Part 3 considers the limitations of current practices and potential alternatives. Within this broad framework, the differentiated and contested nature of young people’s experiences and our (and their) ideas of ‘youth’ can be counterposed to prevailing one-sided and often discriminatory assumptions about them; in order then to open up questions about the nature and purposes of the youth justice system, and to introduce some possibilities for reconstructing it according to fundamental principles of rights, welfare and social justice. Doing Justice to Young People will be essential reading for anybody working in or studying youth crime and youth justice.

Author : Preet Bharara
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780525521136

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Doing Justice by Preet Bharara Pdf

*A New York Times Bestseller* An important overview of the way our justice system works, and why the rule of law is essential to our survival as a society—from the one-time federal prosecutor for the Southern District of New York, and host of the Doing Justice podcast. Preet Bharara has spent much of his life examining our legal system, pushing to make it better, and prosecuting those looking to subvert it. Bharara believes in our system and knows it must be protected, but to do so, he argues, we must also acknowledge and allow for flaws both in our justice system and in human nature. Bharara uses the many illustrative anecdotes and case histories from his storied, formidable career—the successes as well as the failures—to shed light on the realities of the legal system and the consequences of taking action. Inspiring and inspiringly written, Doing Justice gives us hope that rational and objective fact-based thinking, combined with compassion, can help us achieve truth and justice in our daily lives. Sometimes poignant and sometimes controversial, Bharara's expose is a thought-provoking, entertaining book about the need to find the humanity in our legal system as well as in our society.

Author : Roger Hopkins Burke
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-24
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781317680420

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Young People, Crime and Justice by Roger Hopkins Burke Pdf

In the minds of the general public, young people and crime are intrinsically linked; wide-spread belief persists that such activities are a result of the ‘permissive 1960s’ and the changing face of the traditional nuclear family. Roger Hopkins Burke challenges these preconceptions and offers a detailed and comprehensive introduction to youth crime and the subsequent response from the criminal justice system. This extended and fully updated new edition explores: The development of young people and attempts to educate, discipline, control and construct them, Criminological explanations and empirical evidence of why young people become involved in criminality, The system established by the Youth Justice Board, its theoretical foundations, and the extent of its success, Alternative approaches to youth justice around the globe and the apparent homogenisation throughout the neoliberal world. The second edition also includes new chapters looking at youth justice in the wider context of social policy and comparative youth justice. Young People, Crime and Justice is the perfect undergraduate critical introduction to the youth justice system, following a unique left-realist perspective while providing a balanced account of the critical criminology agenda, locating the practical working of the system in the critical socio-economic context. It is essential reading for students taking modules on youth crime, youth justice and contemporary social and criminal justice policy. Text features include key points, chapter summaries and review questions.

Author : Bill Whyte
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2008-11-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781861348395

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Youth Justice in Practice by Bill Whyte Pdf

This book examines youth justice in a UK and international context, highlighting the challenge facing all jurisdictions in balancing welfare and justice. It explores the impact of political ideas and influences on the structural and practical challenges of delivering youth justice.

Author : Roger Smith
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781315522234

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Diversion in Youth Justice by Roger Smith Pdf

Diversion in youth justice is a subject of enduring interest. It concerns the processes by which decisions are made about whether or not to prosecute young offenders, and this book explores the continuing debates and historical developments which shape these processes. The treatment of young offenders is a contentious subject, and this book provides a comprehensive review of out of court decision-making in the context of wider arguments about how we should deal with the crimes of the young. This book follows a broadly historical structure, exploring the development of ideas and approaches to agency decision-making at the point of prosecution. This leads to the identification of a number of distinctive ‘models’ of diversion, reflecting both specific periods of time and particular philosophies of intervention with young people in trouble with the law. Based on this classification, this book explores the implications for wider debates about childhood, crime and punishment and how these relate to theories of social control. This, in turn, leads to the conclusion that diversionary ideas and practices act as a kind of barometer for wider developments in the governance of youth. This is one of the very few books that focuses exclusively on diversion as a feature of youth justice, and it provides a range of original and contemporary insights into this subject area which remains of considerable interest in this field, both academically and in practice. The ideas outlined here will contribute to new thinking in youth criminology, as the discipline responds to a prolonged period of apparent liberalisation in the treatment of young offenders which has yet to be fully understood or properly theorised.

Author : Dennis A. Jacobsen
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781506418827

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Doing Justice by Dennis A. Jacobsen Pdf

Doing Justice introduces readers to congregation-based community organizing rooted in the day-to-day struggles and hopes of urban ministry. It draws from the author’s decades-long career of personal experience in community organizing ministries. Illustrated with examples from the experience of community organizers, Doing Justice weaves theological and biblical warrants for community organizing into concrete strategies for achieving justice in the public arena. It offers sound treatment of fundamental organizing principles like power, self-interest, and agitation and suggests ways to build and sustain an organization, relate to media and corporations, and strengthen ministries and empower lay leaders. The second edition includes forewords by veteran pastor-activists Bill Wylie Kellermann and Grant Stevensen and a new preface that notes recent changes in organizing, describes needed new directions and connections, and discusses the significance of new movements such as Black Lives Matter. Also new is Stevensen’s running “conversation” with Jacobsen, drawing readers into deeper engagement with organizing practices. Designed for use by congregations and church leaders as well as by ministerial students, Doing Justice will open new vistas for community action in support of the poor, the disadvantaged, and the disenfranchised of our society.

Author : Evelín Aquino,Anita Wadhwa,Heather Bligh Manchester
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-16
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781680997705

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The Little Book of Youth Engagement in Restorative Justice by Evelín Aquino,Anita Wadhwa,Heather Bligh Manchester Pdf

The purpose of this book is to illuminate a theory of youth engagement in restorative justice that seeks to create systems change for more equitable schools. The authors define youth engagement in restorative justice as partnering with young people most impacted by structural injustice as changemakers in all aspects of restorative practices including community building, healing, and the transformation of institutions. Based on Adam Fletcher’s version of the Ladder of Youth Engagement, coupled with Barbara Love’s model of liberatory consciousness and an analysis of youth engagement in Restorative Justice in three different regions—Western Massachusetts, Oakland, and Houston—the authors provide a theoretical contribution: Youth Engagement in Restorative Justice grounded in liberatory consciousness. In this book readers will find: Comparative case studies from different parts of the country of youth led restorative justice programs. An exploration of the cultural and historical context of each region to situate the work. Stories from the authors' own lives that provide context for their interest in the work given their varied racial identities (White, Black, Latinx, South Asian) and upbringing. Literature review of the language of youth engagement vs. youth leadership/youth organizing/youth participation, along with a new definition of youth engagement in restorative justice. Theoretical framing based on Adam Fletcher’s Ladder of Youth Engagement , which provides a structure for the book. Exploration of how adults must combat adultism both individually and systematically as a prerequisite to doing this work. Student narratives. Applications of the work in the virtual context.

Author : Roger Smith
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136240942

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Youth Justice by Roger Smith Pdf

The exciting new edition of this well-loved textbook offers a fully expanded and revised account and analysis of the youth justice system in the UK, taking into account and fully addressing the significant changes that have taken place since the second edition in 2007. The book maintains its critical analysis of the underlying assumptions and ideas behind youth justice, as well as its policy and practice, laying bare the inadequacies, inconsistencies and injustices of practice in the UK. This edition will offer an important update in light of intervening changes, as reflected in a change of government and shifting patterns of interventions and outcomes. This book will be an important resource for youth justice practitioners and will also be essential to students taking courses in youth crime and youth justice.

Author : Lee Tustin,Robert Edison Lutes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Juvenile justice, Administration of
ISBN : 0433505761

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A Guide to the Youth Criminal Justice Act by Lee Tustin,Robert Edison Lutes Pdf

Author : Warren R. Copeland
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780664232290

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Doing Justice in Our Cities by Warren R. Copeland Pdf

Warren Copeland draws from his experience of more than two decades in city politics and addresses head on the issue of Christian ethics in public service. Throughout, he animates the discussion with numerous anecdotes from his tenure in City Hall, combining examples of specific ethical issues in American cities with theological and ethical reflection. Then he takes it a step further by including specific suggestions for addressing social injustice in a manner that is true to Christian faith.

Author : Elizabeth S Scott,Laurence D Steinberg
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780674043367

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Rethinking Juvenile Justice by Elizabeth S Scott,Laurence D Steinberg Pdf

What should we do with teenagers who commit crimes? In this book, two leading scholars in law and adolescent development argue that juvenile justice should be grounded in the best available psychological science, which shows that adolescence is a distinctive state of cognitive and emotional development. Although adolescents are not children, they are also not fully responsible adults.

Author : Ross Gordon Green,Kearney Healy
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2003-09-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781895830521

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Tough on Kids by Ross Gordon Green,Kearney Healy Pdf

Does our current system for dealing with young offenders -- which focuses on punishment -- work? Not according to the authors of this compelling and thought-provoking book. It simply ensures that we jail more youth than any other country, including the United States. Green and Healy argue that a new approach is needed and offer ample evidence from around the world, and our own back yard, to make the case for a shift to restorative justice. The voices of their young clients illustrate the very real human costs of doing nothing. Topics covered include: causes of youth crime; special circumstances facing Aboriginal youth; fetal alcohol syndrome and effect; restorative justice techniques; innovations used in England, Australia, and New Zealand; Quebec -- an example of restorative justice in practice, as well as other innovative approaches including the Calgary Community Conferencing program; theories about crime and punishment; and the provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act. This book is a must read for anyone -- including counselors, social workers, lawyers, judges, educators -- who is concerned about youth crime and justice. In an easy to read format this book presents the development and current state of Canadian law, as well as different approaches that have been used in dealing with youth crime. Regardless of one's view on youth crime, this book is packed with useful information, viewpoints, and statistics on young people and the law.

Author : Canada. Department of Justice
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2024-07-03
Category : Juvenile justice, Administration of
ISBN : OCLC:124085851

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The Youth Criminal Justice Act by Canada. Department of Justice Pdf

The Youth Criminal Justice Act replaces the Young Offenders Act to provide the legislative framework for a fairer & more effective youth justice system.

Author : Kevin Haines,Mark Drakeford
Publisher : Red Globe Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1998-08-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780333687604

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Young People and Youth Justice by Kevin Haines,Mark Drakeford Pdf

This book offers a clear and comprehensive guide to youth justice practice based on a solid grounding of academic research and in-depth understanding of how the youth justice system operates. Lessons from the past, current challenges and new directions are all explored. The book provides a judicious balance between an analysis of past policy and practical strategies for present day issues such as parental responsibility, risk and restorative justice.

Author : Caroline S. Clauss-Ehlers,Aradhana Bela Sood,Mark D. Weist
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Children
ISBN : 1108551831

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Social Justice for Children and Young People by Caroline S. Clauss-Ehlers,Aradhana Bela Sood,Mark D. Weist Pdf

"The goal of a social justice approach for children is 'to ensure that children, defined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child as all persons under the age of eighteen, are better served and protected by justice systems, including the security and social welfare sectors' (United Nations, 2008). Despite this worthy goal, the United Nations (UN) documents how children are rarely viewed as stakeholders in justice rules of law; child justice issues are often dealt as separate from larger justice and security issues; and when justice issues for children are addressed, it is often through a siloed, rather than a comprehensive, approach. The UN concludes: 'Access to justice, though increasingly recognized as an important strategy for protecting the rights of vulnerable groups, and thus for fighting poverty, rarely takes children into account' (United Nations Secretary General [UNSG], 2008)"--