Youth Crime and Juvenile Justice (SAGE Library of Criminology) - Hardcover
This three-volume set of original readings is designed to reveal how and why children and young people have been repeatedly the subject of adult concern, censure and intervention. It conceptualises notions of 'childhood', 'youth' and 'adolescence' whilst also tracing the complex history of adult intervention and juvenile justice.
This collection is particularly timely not only because of persistent concerns over 'out of control' youth but also because of an apparent hardening of adult reactions in many jurisdictions. Youth justice in the 21st century is designed to punish the offender whilst keeping their welfare paramount. It is at one and the same time about crime prevention and retribution. It makes claims for restoration and reintegration whilst seeking some of the most punitive measures of surveillance and containment in custodial and community settings.
In the 21st century discourses of protection, restoration, punishment, responsibility, rehabilitation, welfare, retribution, diversion, human rights and so on exist alongside each other in some perpetually uneasy and contradictory manner. Youth Crime and Juvenile Justice provides a lens through which to navigate this complex field.
Volume 1 - The Youth Problem
Outlines social constructions of childhood and youth and how these are intimately related to the origins of systems of juvenile justice.
Volume 2 - Juvenile Corrections
Explores the varied means of intervention and correction that currently make up the juvenile justice landscape in jurisdictions worldwide.
Volume 3 - Children's Rights and State Responsibilities
Examines the deprivations, injustices , abuses and lack of access to rights that routinely surround childhood and youth worldwide.
Each volume includes a substantive introduction from the editors. This collection comprehensively defines and maps out the fields of youth criminology and juvenile justice studies.
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About the Author:
John Muncie is Emeritus Professor of Criminology at the Open University, UK. He is the author of Youth and Crime (4th edition, Sage, 2014), 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.
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- PublisherSAGE Publications Ltd
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 1847870643
- ISBN 13 9781847870643
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages1088
- EditorGoldson Barry, Muncie John
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