2nd Edition

Community Justice in Australia Knowledge, Skills and Values

By Brian Stout Copyright 2023
264 Pages
by Routledge

264 Pages
by Routledge

264 Pages
by Routledge

This new edition of Community Justice in Australia expands on the discussion of how people who have committed offences can be engaged in the community. It considers how the concept of community justice can be successfully applied within Australia by social workers, criminologists, parole officers and anyone working in the community with both adults and young people. The book defines... Read more

Introduction

1. Community justice

2. Adults who have committed offences

3. Juvenile justice

4. Theories of offending and evidence-based practice

5. Restorative justice

6. Risk-management and protection of the public

7. Diversity

8. Organisation and management

9. Technology and community justice

10. Facilitating desistance and building good lives

11. Values, ethics, human rights and children’s rights

12. Practitioner skills

Biography

Brian Stout is Pro Vice Chancellor of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Dean of the School of Social Sciences and Professor of Social Work at Western Sydney University, Australia. He has practiced, taught and researched community justice in Northern Ireland, England, South Africa and Australia. He is author of Equality and Diversity in Policing (2010) and numerous chapters and journal articles. He is also editor of Applied Criminology (2008).