Overview

Youth Justice is an expanding field. Over the past few years, not only has it drawn in new groups of professionals and volunteers, but also it has affected the ways other agencies and organisations work with young people in trouble. While those working in mainstream youth justice and these other agencies will know something about this complex and constantly changing field, few will feel that they know enough. It is to this broad audience that The RHP Companion to Youth Justice is directed. The RHP Companion to Youth Justice is a key point of reference for professionals, trainees, volunteers and students undertaking the youth justice training introduced by the Youth Justice Board of England and Wales in 2003/2004, and other relevant forms of training and education, because it offers the most comprehensive and authoritative account of this complex field available; and it does so in an easily digestible form.

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Author:   Tim Bateman ,  John Pitts
Publisher:   Russell House Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Russell House Publishing Ltd
Weight:   0.567kg
ISBN:  

9781903855492

ISBN 10:   1903855497
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   01 September 2004
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Part One: Youth crime and the youth justice apparatus. Youth crime in England and Wales. The recent history of youth justice policy in England and Wales. Youth justice in other UK jurisdictions. The role of central government. Youth justice at local level. The legal and statutory framework. Part Two: The principles of youth justice. Children's rights. The welfare principle. Proportionality. Part Three: The practice of youth justice. The policing of young people. The role of the appropriate adult. Reprimands and final warnings. The courts. Remand process and management. Remand fostering. Referral orders. Youth offending teams. Court reports. Risk and protection. Electronic monitoring. Community interventions. Persistent offenders. Enforcement. Custody - the evidence. The contemporary use of custody. Part Four: Direct work with children and young people who offend. The young person/worker relationship. Groupwork. Restorative justice. Family group conferencing. Mentoring. Working with parents. Preventive work. Working with victims. Working with volunteers. Part Five: Debates and controversies in Youth Justice. Girls in the youth justice system. Race, crime and youth justice. Beyond formalism. Young people as victims.

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The RHP Companion to Youth Justice is edited by two of the UK's leading commentators on policy and practice in youth justice: Tim Bateman, senior development officer at the crime reduction charity Nacro and Professor John Pitts, director of the Vauxhall Centre for the Study of Crime, University of Luton. The contributors include senior practitioners and practice managers, policy-makers, penal reformers, members of the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales and renowned academic researchers.

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