Youth justice in practice by Bill Whyte
This book examines youth justice in a UK and international context, highlighting the challenge facing all jurisdictions in balancing welfare and justice. It explores the impact of political ideas and influences on the structural and practical challenges of delivering youth justice.
"This book provides an excellent overview for those students interested in this areaIt could therefore prove a useful text across a number of disciplines, including social policy, psychology, social welfare, criminology or social work. It particularly attracts those students with a developed skill of critical analysis. I was particularly impressed by the way in which young people were firmly discussed within the realm of children's services, coupled with sociological and psychological discourses to 'unpick' the complexities of predicting offending behaviour and responding to it." Kay Wall in Social Policy & Social Work, 2009
"All those working in or interested in youth justice should ensure they read this book." Dr Steve Rogowski in Professional Social Work June 2009
"This well-written and well-researched volume provides a framework for youth justice practice that is currently lacking. The holistic approach advocated provides a refreshing perspective in the context of increasingly neo-correctionalist policy developments." Gill McIvor, Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research, University of Stirling
"All those working in or interested in youth justice should ensure they read this book." Dr Steve Rogowski in Professional Social Work June 2009
"This well-written and well-researched volume provides a framework for youth justice practice that is currently lacking. The holistic approach advocated provides a refreshing perspective in the context of increasingly neo-correctionalist policy developments." Gill McIvor, Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research, University of Stirling
Bill Whyte is Professor of Social Work Studies in Criminal and Youth Justice at the University of Edinburgh and Director of the Criminal Justice Social Work Development Centre for Scotland, University of Edinburgh.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781861348395 |
| ISBN 10 | 1861348398 |
| Title | Youth justice in practice |
| Author | Bill Whyte |
| Series | Social Work In Practice |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Policy Press |
| Year published | 2008-11-19 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
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