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Youth Justice Handbook: Theory, Policy and Practice
This book provides an essential resource for both practitioners in youth justice as well as those who are studying the subject as part of their training or an academic course.
| Author(s) | Edited by Wayne Taylor, Rod Earle, Richard Hester. |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format | Hardback |
| Pages | 288 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 6 Oct 2009 |
| Availability | POD |
This book provides an essential resource for both practitioners in youth justice as well as those who are studying the subject as part of their training or an academic course.
Introduction Part 1: Contexts of Childhood and Youth Introduction 1. Structural Disadvantage: Youth, Class, Crime and Poverty 2. Transitions to Adulthood 3. From Child to Adult: Theoretical Assumptions in Ideas about Growing Up 4. Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock '
Wayne Taylor works at HM Young Offenders Institute in Northumberland. Rod Earle is Lecturer in Youth Justice in the Faculty of Heath and Social Care at the Open University. Richard Hester is the Director of the Department of Health and Social Care a
