Youth Crime and Justice
- Barry Goldson - University of Liverpool, UK
- John Muncie - The Open University, UK
Building upon the success of the first edition, this second - and substantially revised - edition of Youth Crime and Justice comprises a range of cutting-edge contributions from leading national and international researchers.
The book:
- Situates youth crime and youth justice within historical and social-structural contexts;
- Critically examines policy and practice trends and their relation to knowledge and ‘evidence’; and
- Presents a forward looking vision of a rights compliant youth justice with integrity.
An authoritative and accessible book, Youth Crime and Justice (2nd ed) provides a coherent, comprehensive and fully up-to-date analysis of contemporary developments and debates. A must for researchers, teachers, students and practitioners.
For this module, this will be essential reading, the breadth is excellent.
This is an excellent book. I was most impressed with all the chapters. It was refreshing to read a chapter on Desistance and young people! For anyone with an interest in youth and crime I would recommend buying this book.
This second addition is a welcome update. It is appropriate for a wide range of consumers including students and researchers.
This book provides a diverse view of crime and young people that is an effective theoretical and policy background to studying criminology and childhood.
Excellent book - will be recommended reading for the developmental aspect of the course. Very recent material included and covers many of the historical aspects. Maybe some of the authors are quite critical, but nonetheless a detailed overview of the key issues.
An essential core text for any undergraduate completing a youth offending and youth justice module.
This is an indispensable text for helping learners connect theory as a guide to practice. The integration of research, historical and contemporary developments provide the building blocks to navigate the challenges presented by the increasing emphasis on risk rather than child welfare. This text is used to provide supporting context as part of the development of skills (report writing) and when examining the role of risk within our Key Themes module.
Excellent resource. Puts context to the topic area and allows student to discover the theory and practice of this subject.Feedback from students using this book is very positive
- 6 new chapters to account for major updates on research and policy in the field
- A new chapter on ‘diversion’
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