Comparative Youth Justice / Edition 1

by John Muncie, Barry Goldson

Overview

Comparative Youth Justice is the first book to critically reflect on contemporary juvenile justice reform in England and Wales and across various other western jurisdictions including the US, Canada, France, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Australia, Belgium, Scotland, Japan, Italy and Finland. In doing so, it identifies major international differences in juvenile policy and practice. However, Contemporary Youth Justice is not simply an attempt to document national similarities and differences, but looks critically at how global trends are translated at the local level. This book also examines how youth justice is implemented in practice with a view to promoting change as well as reflection.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781412911351
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	06/01/2006
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 9.53(h) x (d)

About the Author

John Muncie is Emeritus Professor of Criminology at the Open University, UK. He is the author of Youth and Crime (5th edition, Sage, 2021), and he has published widely on issues in comparative youth justice and children’s rights, including the co-edited companion volumes Youth Crime and Justice and Comparative Youth Justice (Sage, 2006). He has produced numerous Open University texts and readers, including Crime: Local and Global (Willan, 2010), Criminal Justice: Local and Global (Willan, 2010), The Problem of Crime (2nd edition, Sage, 2001), Crime Prevention and Community Safety (Sage, 2001) and Imprisonment: European Perspectives (Harvester, 1991). He has also contributed nine volumes to the The Sage Library of Criminology (Sage, 2007–2009). He is co-editor of the Sage journal Youth Justice: An International Journal.

Table of Contents

Rediscovering the Juvenile Justice Ideal in the United States - Barry Krisberg
Canada - Russell Smandych
Repenalisation and Young Offenders' Rights
England and Wales - John Muncie and Barry Goldson
The New Correctionalism
France - Sophie Gendrot
The Politicisation of Youth Justice
The Netherlands - Jolande uit Beijerse and René van Swaaningen
Penal Welfarism and Risk Management
Demythologising Youth Justice in Aotearoa/New Zealand - Trevor Bradley, Juan Tauri and Reece Walters
Australia - Chris Cunneen and Rob White
Control, Containment or Empowerment?
Belgium - Johan Put and Lode Walgrave
From Protection Towards Accountability?
Welfare in Crisis? - Lesley Mc Ara
Key Developments in Scottish Youth Justice
Japan - Mark Fenwick
From Child Protection to Penal Populism
Italy - David Nelken
A lesson in Tolerance?
Finland - Tapio Lappi-Seppälä
A Model of Tolerance?
States of Transition - John Muncie and Barry Goldson
Convergence and Diversity in International Youth Justice

Editorial Reviews

‘Comparative Youth Justice is what we need in an era of hardening social policies and irresponsible political demagoguery: thoughtful critiques, comparative analysis, and a commitment to the rights of youth. John Muncie and Barry Goldson have done a fine job of bringing together a group of commentators who know the inner workings of juvenile justice and what it will take to change the current law and order model. A book that is required reading for practitioners, professors, policy makers, researchers, and students concerned about the bankrupt state of juvenile justice and willing to consider new ideas and directions' - Tony Platt, California State University, Sacramento

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