Subjects:

Criminology

Contents:

1. Visualising the Justice of the Youth Justice System

2. Youth Crime, Excitement and Consumer Culture

3. Abolishing the Presumption of Doli Incapax

4. Magistrates in the Youth Court

5. Law and Policy in International Law and Youth Justice

6. Youth Culture, Drugs and Criminality

7. The Crime and Disorder Act and Youth Offending Teams

8. Youth Justice in Scotland

9. Scottish Youth Justice An English Magistrate's View

10. Policing Youth Crime

11. Youth Studies and Cultural Studies in Britain

12. Alternative Sanctions: Youth Rights US Experiment

This innovative text examines contemporary issues in youth justice in the light of the sweeping reforms introduced by the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 and the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Bill 1999. It brings together current debates in both the practice and theory of youth justice intervention and,in the light of the governments inter-agency approach to the problem of youth criminality, provides an inter-disciplinary examination of these discussions. Including contributions from both academics, magistrates and social work practitioners, it is a useful text for students of criminology, law and social work, as well as a valuable resource for youth justice practitioners.