Youth Justice and Child Protection by Malcolm Hill

Youth Justice and Child Protection by Malcolm Hill

This book is an examination of recent developments in the areas of youth justice and child protection. It investigates how well young people and the societies in which they live are served by judicial and service systems. Consideration is given to those in care - in young offenders' institutions, foster families and residential homes - as well as those living with their families. A broad range of international experts discuss the largely segregated youth justice and children's legal and service systems in England and Wales, other parts of Western Europe and the US, and compare these with Scotland's integrated system. The implications of these arrangements are considered for the rights of children and parents on the one hand and society on the other. The contributors also provide insights into the rationale for current and proposed policies, as well as the efficacy of different systems. This book will be an important reference for policy-makers, social workers, lawyers, magistrates and equivalent decision makers, health professionals, carers, and all those working in youth justice and child protection. It is highly relevant for academics and students interested in children, citizenship, youth crime, child welfare and state-family relations.

This book is a useful reference for all those working in criminal justice, child protection or the interface between both, including social workers, health professionals, lawyers and those involved in developing policy in this area-- British Journal of Psychiatry
This book is a treasury of contributions providing insights into the history of policy and judicial and professional responses to youth offending, and the mix with child protection in the last 60 years. -- Health and Social Care in the Community
This book would be useful for dramatherapists working within or seeing young people. -- Dramatherapy
It is an authoritative addition to the small but growing literature on comparative youth justice and child protection. Its strength lies in its critique of prevailing orthodoxy and deserves attention from scholars, practitioners, and policy-makers who profess a concern with the welfare of troubled children. -- Journal of Social Welfare & Family Law

Malcolm Hill is Research Professor at the University of Strathclyde and was for 10 years Director of the Glasgow Centre for the Child and Society. He has researched and written on a wide range of topics concerning children, families, child welfare policies and services. Andrew Lockyer is Professor of Citizenship and Social Theory in the Department of Politics at the University of Glasgow. He was formerly a children's panel member and authority chair. He has written on children and the state, children's rights, citizenship education and the Scottish Children's Hearings System. Fred Stone was Emeritus Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Glasgow. He practised for many years as a child and adolescent psychiatrist and was a member of the Kilbrandon Committee, whose report led to wide-ranging changes in the Scottish law and services dealing with young people who offend and child protection. He also chaired the Glasgow Children's Panel Advisory Committee and lectured and wrote on child development and psychiatry.

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ISBN 13	9781843102793
ISBN 10	184310279X
Title	Youth Justice and Child Protection
Author	Malcolm Hill
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Year published	2006-09-15
Number of pages	320
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