Fieldnotes on a Study of Young People’s Perceptions of Crime and Justice - Scaffolding as Structure

This book offers an ethnographic examination of the young people who serve voluntarily at a juvenile diversion program and adds thick description of young people's experiences learning about crime, delinquency, justice, and law.

List of contents

"Sign Me Up!": Recruiting Kids for the Red Hook Youth Court: An Introduction, 1. A Typical RHYC Training Schedule, 2. Week I: What to do When Stopped by the Police Workshop, 3. Week I: Welcome and Introduction to the Red Hook Youth Court and Understanding the Youth Court/Restorative Justice, 4. Week II: Offenses, Consequences, and Sanctions, 5. Week II: Understanding the Youth Offender, 6. Week III: Critical Thinking, 7. Week III: Objectivity, 8. Week IV: Precision Questioning/Courtroom Demeanor, 9. Week IV: Roles of the Court, 10. Week V: Judge and Bailiff, 11. Week V: Community Advocate Opening Statements, 12. Week VI: Community Advocate Closing Statements, 13. Week VI: Pre-Hearing Interview/Youth Advocate Opening and Closing Statements, 14. Week VII: Youth Advocate Closing Statements (Continued), 15. Week VII: Customer Service, 16. (A) Conclusion (of Sorts), Postscript: Drifts, Drift and Chronicles

About the author

Avi Brisman is a Professor in the School of Justice Studies at Eastern Kentucky University, USA, an Adjunct Professor in the School of Justice at Queensland University of Technology, Australia, and an Honorary Professor at Newcastle Law School at the University of Newcastle, Australia.

Summary

This book offers an ethnographic examination of the young people who serve voluntarily at a juvenile diversion program and adds thick description of young people’s experiences learning about crime, delinquency, justice, and law.

Product details

• Authors: Avi Brisman, Brisman Avi
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.08.2024
• EAN: 9781032257181
• ISBN: 978-1-032-25718-1
• No. of pages: 184
• Weight: 453 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Series: Routledge Studies in Crime, Security and Justice
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; Sociology, Medicine, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Anthropology, Social Work, Legal aspects of criminology, Sentencing & punishment, Sentencing and punishment, Juvenile offenders, Criminal justice law, Criminology: legal aspects, Research methods: general, Medicine and Nursing, Juvenile Criminal Law