Overview

This book offers a broad overview of transition practices for incarcerated youth, shaped by local culture, politics, ideologies, and philosophies. It highlights the similarities and differences in international approaches, as well as promising practices. The book is divided into two sections: Section One presents a synthesis of the current research on essential areas shown to promote successful transitions for incarcerated youth, using the Taxonomy for Transition Programming 2.0 as a cohesive framework, Section Two focuses on national perspectives on topical issues impacting local transition practices and/or policy. It provides information pertaining to the respective countries and a summary of key facets of their juvenile justice system, including successful or promising approaches and programs used in transition. This book benefits academics and researchers from a broad range of fields, policy makers and leadership teams from various agencies, associations, and government departments with an interest in juvenile and youth justice, social work, and special education courses on transition planning.

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Author:   Sue C. O’Neill
Publisher:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Imprint:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Edition:   1st ed. 2018
Weight:   0.606kg
ISBN:  

9789811307515

ISBN 10:   9811307512
Pages:   278
Publication Date:   13 August 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Section 1 Introduction.- 1 Transitions in the Lives of Incarcerated Youth.- 2 Kohler's Taxonomy of Transition Programming Model as Applied to Incarcerated Youth.- 3 Involvement of the Young Person in Transition Planning.- 4 The Role of Family in Supporting Transitions Back to Community.- 5 Multi-Agency Support and Systems.- Section 2 International Perspectives on Transition Planning and Supports.- 6 Transitions of Incarcerated Youth in Australia.- 7 Transitions of Incarcerated Youth in New Zealand.- 8 Transitions of Incarcerated Youth in Hong Kong.- 9 Transitions of Incarcerated Youth in Turkey/Bangladesh/India.- 10 Transitions of Incarcerated Youth in the UK.- 11 Transitions of Incarcerated Youth in Finland.- 12 Transitions of Incarcerated Youth in the USA.- 13 Transitions of Incarcerated Youth in Canada.- 14 Transitions of Incarcerated Youth in South Africa.- Section 3 Staying Out.- 15 Barriers to Transitions and Promising Practices that are making a difference in 'staying out'.

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Dr Sue O’Neill is currently the chief investigator 1 on a cross-industry funded research project on transition practices of young people serving custodial sentences in New South Wales, Australia. She and her special education colleagues from UNSW Australia have a strong research interest and history in conducting transition research for vulnerable populations with research experience and knowledge of the extant literature in juvenile justice transition planning.

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