Comparative Youth Justice

Comparative Youth Justice

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May 2006 | SAGE Publications Ltd
FormatPublished DateISBNPrice
Hardcover16/05/20069781412911351£149.00
Paperback15/05/20069781412911368£44.99
Electronic Version25/03/20089781847878236£39.99
Electronic Version02/07/20159781446233184£39.99
Contents
Barry Krisberg
Rediscovering the Juvenile Justice Ideal in the United States
Russell Smandych
Canada
Repenalisation and Young Offenders' Rights

 
John Muncie and Barry Goldson
England and Wales
The New Correctionalism

 
Sophie Gendrot
France
The Politicisation of Youth Justice

 
Jolande uit Beijerse and René van Swaaningen
The Netherlands
Penal Welfarism and Risk Management

 
Trevor Bradley, Juan Tauri and Reece Walters
Demythologising Youth Justice in Aotearoa/New Zealand
Chris Cunneen and Rob White
Australia
Control, Containment or Empowerment?

 
Johan Put and Lode Walgrave
Belgium
From Protection Towards Accountability?

 
Lesley McAra
Welfare in Crisis?
Key Developments in Scottish Youth Justice

 
Mark Fenwick
Japan
From Child Protection to Penal Populism

 
David Nelken
Italy
A lesson in Tolerance?

 
Tapio Lappi-Seppälä
Finland
A Model of Tolerance?

 
John Muncie and Barry Goldson
States of Transition
Convergence and Diversity in International Youth Justice

 
Independent Customer Reviews

`Comparative Youth Justice is what we need in an era of hardening social policies and irresponsible political demagoguery: thoughtful critiques, comparative analysis, and a commitment to the rights of youth. John Muncie and Barry Goldson have done a fine job of bringing together a group of commentators who know the inner workings of juvenile justice and what it will take to change the current law and order model. A book that is required reading for practitioners, professors, policy makers, researchers, and students concerned about the bankrupt state of juvenile justice and willing to consider new ideas and directions' - Tony Platt, California State University, Sacramento

Excellent book for comparative justice course.

Dr Stephanie Bush-Baskette
Other, Rutgers University
November 5, 2011
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Contributors: 

John Muncie

John Muncie is Emeritus Professor of Criminology at the Open University, UK. He is the author of Youth and Crime (5th edition, Sage, 2021), and he has published widely on issues in comparative youth justice and children’s rights, including the co-edited companion volumes Youth Crime and Justice and Comparative Youth Justice (Sage, 2006). He has produced numerous Open University texts and readers, including Crime: Local and Global (Willan, 2010), Criminal Justice: Local and Global (Willan, 2010), The Problem of Crime (2nd edition, Sage, 2001), Crime Prevention and Community Safety (Sage, 2001) and Imprisonment: European Perspectives (Harvester, 1991). He has also contributed nine volumes to the The Sage Library of Criminology (Sage, 2007–2009). He is co-editor of the Sage journal Youth Justice: An International Journal.

Barry Goldson