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Informationen zum Autor John Muncie is Emeritus Professor of Criminology at the Open University, UK. He is the author of Youth and Crime (5th edition, Sage, 2021), and he has published widely on issues in comparative youth justice and children’s rights, including the co-edited companion volumes Youth Crime and Justice and Comparative Youth Justice (Sage, 2006). He has produced numerous Open University texts and readers, including Crime: Local and Global (Willan, 2010), Criminal Justice: Local and Global (Willan, 2010), The Problem of Crime (2nd edition, Sage, 2001), Crime Prevention and Community Safety (Sage, 2001) and Imprisonment: European Perspectives (Harvester, 1991). He has also contributed nine volumes to the The Sage Library of Criminology (Sage, 2007–2009). He is co-editor of the Sage journal Youth Justice: An International Journal. Klappentext This book sees leading national and international scholars provide a critical assessment of the relation between 'evidence' and contemporary youth justice policy formation, and it has been fully updated to recognize the major reforms of recent years in the youth justice policy environment. Zusammenfassung This book sees leading national and international scholars provide a critical assessment of the relation between 'evidence' and contemporary youth justice policy formation, and it has been fully updated to recognize the major reforms of recent years in the youth justice policy environment. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART ONE: HISTORICAL AND SOCIAL-STRUCTURAL CONTEXTS Chapter 1: Histories of Youth Crime and Youth Justice - Harry Hendrick Chapter 2: Social Class, Youth Crime and Youth Justice - Rob White and Chris Cunneen Chapter 3: 'Race', Youth Crime and Youth Justice - Colin Webster Chapter 4: Girls, Crime and Justice - Gilly Sharpe and Loraine Gelsthorpe PART TWO: TRENDS, EVIDENCE, POLICY AND PRACTICE Chapter 5: Trends in Detected Youth Crime and Contemporary State Responses - Tim Bateman Chapter 6: What Evidence for Youth Justice? - David Smith Chapter 7: Risk Management and Early Intervention: A Critical Analysis - Stephen Case and Kevin Haines Chapter 8: The Case for Diversion and Minimum Necessary Intervention - Lesley McAra and Susan McVie Chapter 9: Restorative Justice? A Critical Analysis - Chris Cunneen and Barry Goldson Chapter 10: Desistance from Crime in the Transition to Adulthood - Shadd Maruna, Brendan Coyle and Brendan Marsh Chapter 11: The Circular Motions of Penal Politics and the Pervasive Irrationalities of Child Imprisonment - Barry Goldson Chapter 12: Community Safety and the Policing of Young People in Austere Times - Adam Edwards, Gordon Hughes and Rachel Swann Chapter 13: Youth Transitions, Criminal Careers and Social Exclusion - Rob MacDonald PART THREE: FUTURE DIRECTIONS Chapter 14: Children's Human Rights and Youth Justice with Integrity - Barry Goldson and John Muncie ...
List of contents
PART ONE: HISTORICAL AND SOCIAL-STRUCTURAL CONTEXTS
Chapter 1: Histories of Youth Crime and Youth Justice - Harry Hendrick
Chapter 2: Social Class, Youth Crime and Youth Justice - Rob White and Chris Cunneen
Chapter 3: 'Race', Youth Crime and Youth Justice - Colin Webster
Chapter 4: Girls, Crime and Justice - Gilly Sharpe and Loraine Gelsthorpe
PART TWO: TRENDS, EVIDENCE, POLICY AND PRACTICE
Chapter 5: Trends in Detected Youth Crime and Contemporary State Responses - Tim Bateman
Chapter 6: What Evidence for Youth Justice? - David Smith
Chapter 7: Risk Management and Early Intervention: A Critical Analysis - Stephen Case and Kevin Haines
Chapter 8: The Case for Diversion and Minimum Necessary Intervention - Lesley McAra and Susan McVie
Chapter 9: Restorative Justice? A Critical Analysis - Chris Cunneen and Barry Goldson
Chapter 10: Desistance from Crime in the Transition to Adulthood - Shadd Maruna, Brendan Coyle and Brendan Marsh
Chapter 11: The Circular Motions of Penal Politics and the Pervasive Irrationalities of Child Imprisonment - Barry Goldson
Chapter 12: Community Safety and the Policing of Young People in Austere Times - Adam Edwards, Gordon Hughes and Rachel Swann
Chapter 13: Youth Transitions, Criminal Careers and Social Exclusion - Rob MacDonald
PART THREE: FUTURE DIRECTIONS
Chapter 14: Children's Human Rights and Youth Justice with Integrity - Barry Goldson and John Muncie
Report
Informed by the latest research in the field, the contributing authors of Youth Crime & Justice help explain the profoundly important yet uneven changes in youth justice policy and human rights that have emerged in the UK and internationally over the last decade, along with the huge challenges these pose for current efforts at progressive national and international youth justice reform. Prof. Russell Smandych
