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Tracing lessons from history and drawing on debates of social harm; public health; reductionist and abolitionist perspectives; and comparative and transnational research, Goldson articulates the content and shape of a re-imagined juvenile justice that is theoretically informed, based on evidence and compliant with human rights.
Sommario
1. Historicising juvenile justice 2. Juvenile 'crime', social harm and public health 3.Juvenile justice and international human rights 4. Comparative research and global juvenile justice 5. Juvenile justice with integrity.
Info autore
Professor Barry Goldson holds the Charles Booth Chair of Social Science at the
University of Liverpool, UK, where he was previously Professor of Criminology and Social Policy. He is also 'Visiting Professorial Research Fellow' at the Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia and Professorial Fellow in Social Justice at Liverpool Hope University, UK. He is an appointed member of the Pool of European Youth Researchers (PEYR), an expert group established by the Council of Europe and the European Commission to advise on pan-European youth policy. He is also extensively networked with juvenile justice, penal reform and human rights agencies internationally. Professor Goldson has researched and published widely - particularly in the juvenile/youth justice fields. His most recent books include:
Youth Crime and Justice (SAGE, 2006, with Muncie),
Comparative Youth Justice (SAGE, 2006, with Muncie),
Dictionary of Youth Justice (Willan, 2008),
Youth Crime and Juvenile Justice (an edited three-volume set of international 'major works', SAGE 2009, with Muncie) and
Youth in Crisis? 'Gangs', Territoriality and Violence (Routledge, 2011). He is the founding editor of
Youth Justice: An international journal (SAGE)
Riassunto
Tracing lessons from history and drawing on debates of social harm; public health; reductionist and abolitionist perspectives; and comparative and transnational research, Goldson articulates the content and shape of a re-imagined juvenile justice that is theoretically informed, based on evidence and compliant with human rights.
