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Incarcerating Children: Understanding Youth Imprisonment
This book investigates the systemic determinants of youth custodial sentencing in England and Wales, offers an account of the patterns of youth imprisonment and a nuanced explanation of systemic features at different times and in different places.
| Author(s) | By Tim Bateman. |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format | Hardback |
| Pages | 224 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 31 Dec 2023 |
| Availability | Not yet available |
This book investigates the systemic determinants of youth custodial sentencing in England and Wales, offers an account of the patterns of youth imprisonment and a nuanced explanation of systemic features at different times and in different places.
1. Introduction, 2. The rationale for, and consequences of, locking children up, 3. The context for understanding patterns of custody: risk and exclusion, 4. An emerging culture of control?, 5. A history of confounded expectations: youth custody from 1970
Tim Bateman is a Reader in Youth Justice at the University of Bedfordshire.
