1st Edition
Doing Justice to Young People Youth Crime and Social Justice
By Roger Smith
Copyright 2011
240 Pages
by
Willan
234 Pages
by
Willan
240 Pages
by
Willan
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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... Read more
Part: 1 Young people and Crime 1. The production of youth 2. Adaptation and resistance 3. Criminality, culture and choices Part 2: Crime and 'justice' 4. Defining crime and delinquency 5. Lives and crimes 6. Doing 'justice'? Part 3: Towards Social Justice 7. Getting it wrong again 8. Reform and its limits 9. Alternative principles and practices 10. Young people and social justice: cutting out crime
Biography
Roger Smith is Professor of Social Work at De Montfort University. He has worked in the youth justice since the early 1980s, as a practitioner, policy maker and researcher. He has published widely and authoritatively in this field.
