1st Edition

Youth Offending and Restorative Justice

By Adam Crawford, Tim Newburn Copyright 2003
278 Pages
by Willan

280 Pages
by Willan

This book provides an empirically grounded, theoretically informed account of recent changes to the youth justice system in England and Wales, focusing on the introduction of elements of restorative justice into the heart of the criminal justice system, and the implementation of referral orders and youth offender panels. Taken together, this amounts to the most radical overhaul of the youth... Read more
Introduction  1. The origins and development of youth justice  2. Restorative justice: practices and ideals  3. Implementing restorative justice initiatives  4. Referral orders and youth offender panels  5. Organising the delivery of referral orders  6. Referral orders and the courts  7. Youth offender panels  8. Contracts and their implementation  9. Community panel members  10. Young people and their families  11. Victims and Referral Orders  12. Implementing the new youth justice

Biography

Adam Crawford is Professor of Criminology and Director of the Centre for Criminal Justice Studies at Leeds University.

Tim Newburn is Professor of Criminology and Social Policy at the London School of Economics.