There is an impasse in current thinking about youth crime and justice, represented by punitive and harmful practices, and liberal objections to these processes on the other, based predominantly on arguments for rehabilitation. This book aims to arrive at an alternative strategy for resolving the tensions between young people especially those on and beyond the margins and the social world which frames their lives.The book is split into three sections Part 1 focuses on young people, their attitudes and behaviour Part 2 considers the way in which their behaviour is constructed as criminal and then addressed Part 3 considers the limitations of current practices and potential alternatives. Within this broad framework, the differentiated and contested nature of young peoples experiences and our (and their) ideas of youth can be counterposed to prevailing onesided and often discriminatory assumptions about them in order then to open up questions about the nature and purposes of the youth justice system, and to introduce some possibilities for reconstructing it according to fundamental principles of rights, welfare and social justice.Doing Justice to Young People will be essential reading for anybody working in or studying youth crime and youth justice.

Binding: Paperback;236 pages; Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales); Classification: JKVQ2; Weight: 488 g; Dimensions: 232 x 156 x 13

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