Youth Offending in Context - Challenges and Solutions

Delving into theoretical, conceptual, empirical, policy and practice issues, Youth Offending in Context will be of great value to students of youth justice, youth offending, youth crime, crime prevention, and criminal justice.

List of contents

Youth offending 'in context': Challenges and solutions 1. The problem of decontextualised youth offending 2. The problem of decontextualised youth justice 3. Explaining youth offending 'in context' 4. Responding to youth offending 'in context' 5. Reimagining youth offending and youth justice 'in context' 6. Appendix 1: Explaining youth offending by girls (adapted from Case 2021) Appendix 2: Explaining youth offending by boys (adapted from Case 2021) Appendix 3: Contextualised youth justice intervention through Realist Synthesis

About the author

Stephen Case is Professor of Youth Justice at Loughborough University. His research and scholarship has focused on the promotion of positive, 'children first', rights-based and anti-risk management approaches to working with children in conflict with the law. He has published numerous books including Youth Justice: A Critical Introduction (Case 2021 - Routledge), Positive Youth Justice: Children First, Offenders Second (Haines and Case 2015) and Understanding Youth Offending: Risk Factor Research, Policy and Practice (Case and Haines 2009 - Routledge).

Product details

• Authors: Stephen (Loughborough University Case, Case Stephen
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.04.2025
• EAN: 9781032806785
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3280678-5
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, LAW / Criminal Law / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, LAW / Criminal Procedure, LAW / Criminal Law / Juvenile Offenders, Criminal or forensic psychology, Legal aspects of criminology, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Criminal justice law, Criminology: legal aspects, Juvenile Criminal Law