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Children and Young People in Conflict with the Law

Children and Young People in Conflict with the Law

Edited by Stewart Asquith

Number 30 in the Research Highlights in Social Work series

Paperback: £22.99 / $36.95

1996, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 280pp
ISBN: 978-1-85302-291-3, BIC 2: JKVQ2

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Introduction, Stewart Asquith, Centre for the Study of the Child and Society, University of Glasgow. 1. Preventing Youth Crime in High Crime Areas -Towards a Strategy, Jon Bright, Crime Concern. 2. Social Crime Prevention -Juvenile Delinquency, Francis Bailleau, Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, Paris 3. Children's Hearings and Children in Trouble, Janice McGhee, Lorraine Waterhouse and Bill Whyte, Department of Social Work, University of Edinburgh 4. The Organisation and Functioning of Juvenile Justice in England and Wales, John Graham, Research and Planning Unit, The Home Office, London. 5. Children and Violence: Trauma in the American War Zone, James Garabino Family Life Development Centre, Cornell University, and Kathleen Kostelny, Erickson Institute. 6. Female Offenders in Scotland: Implications for Theory, Elaine Samuel, Centre for Social Welfare Research, University of Edinburgh, and Kay Tisdall, Centre for the Study of Child and Society, University of Glasgow. 7. The Community Based Alternative: Intermediate Treatment for Young Offenders, Alex Robertson, Department of Social Policy, University of Edinburgh, and Derick McClintock, Late Professor of Criminology, University of Edinburgh. 8. Secure Units, Paul Littlewood, Department of Sociology, University of Glasgow. 9. Restorative Juvenile Justice: A Way to Restore Justice in Western Systems, Lode Walgrave, Professor of Juvenile Criminology at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium.