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Cultural perspectives on youth justice : connecting theory, policy and international practice / edited by Elaine Arnull, Darrell Fox.

Contributor(s): Arnull, Elaine [editor.] | Fox, Darrell [editor.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016Description: 250 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781137433961 (hbk.) :Subject(s): Juvenile justice, Administration of | Juvenile delinquencyDDC classification: 364.3'6 Summary: Young people, crime and delinquency are words that are commonly linked in public perception and young people are often blamed for social ills. Their deviancy and threat to social control has been held to be a social fact from Plato to today. This book subjects that 'fact' to critical examination through consideration of youth justice systems in six different countries, drawing on sociological and criminological analysis as well as expert practitioner opinion. This book's comparative, cultural approach allows for consideration of the impact of new and emergent systems of communication and discourse and considers how these may impact future constructions of delinquency at a local and global level.
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Young people, crime and delinquency are words that are commonly linked in public perception and young people are often blamed for social ills. Their deviancy and threat to social control has been held to be a social fact from Plato to today. This book subjects that 'fact' to critical examination through consideration of youth justice systems in six different countries, drawing on sociological and criminological analysis as well as expert practitioner opinion. This book's comparative, cultural approach allows for consideration of the impact of new and emergent systems of communication and discourse and considers how these may impact future constructions of delinquency at a local and global level.

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