This book offers a clear and comprehensive guide to youth justice practice based on a solid grounding of academic research and in-depth understanding of how the

Diversion in youth justice is a subject of enduring interest. It concerns the processes by which decisions are made about whether or not to prosecute young offe

This book explores the journey of young people through a Secure Training Centre and, more generally, the criminal justice system in the UK. It examines the exte

Even though youth crime rates have fallen since the mid-1990s, public fear and political rhetoric over the issue have heightened. The Columbine shootings and ot

There is an impasse in current thinking about youth crime and justice, represented by punitive and harmful practices, and liberal objections to these processes