Youth justice. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jo Staines.
• Authors: Staines, Jo
• Contents: Cover; Contents; Table of cases; Table of legislation; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Using this book; Legal skills guide: accessing and understanding the law; INTRODUCTION; The policy context; The youth justice system; Youth Offending Teams; The welfare principle; Children's rights; Safeguarding and child welfare; Developments under the Coalition government; Conclusions; Further reading; 1 UNDERSTANDING AND PREVENTING OFFENDING BEHAVIOUR; The extent of youth offending; Risk, needs and responsivity, and the scaled approach; Community-based prevention and early intervention programmes Civil legislationAnti-social behaviour; Gang injunctions; Discrimination and rights; Conclusions; Further Reading; 2 ARREST AND DETENTION BY THE POLICE; Stop and search; Police powers of arrest; At the police station; The appropriate adult; Decision to charge; Youth restorative disposals; Youth cautions and youth conditional cautions; Charge and prosecution; Police bail; Conclusions; Further reading; 3 IN THE YOUTH COURT; The right to a fair trial; The court hierarchy; Trials and court processes; Remand decisions; Reviewing remand decisions and appeals against decisions Discrimination and other tensionsPre-sentence reports; The right to anonymity; Conclusions; Further reading; 4 COMMUNITY SENTENCES; The scaled approach and sentencing; Restorative justice; Community sentences; Additional orders and arrangements; Enforcement and breach of orders; Conclusions; Further reading; 5 CUSTODIAL SENTENCES; Overarching sentencing principles for custodial sentences; Custodial sentences; The juvenile secure estate; Concerns and breaches of rights within custody; Determining release dates; Licence and supervision; Parole; Resettlement; Criminal records; Conclusions Further reading6 CONCLUSIONS; Recent progress; Developments in the adult justice system; Developments in the Family Court; Tensions for practitioners working within youth justice; Upholding children's rights; Key sources and useful websites; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (184 pages)
• Subjects: 364.360942; Social sciences; Social work with juvenile delinquents -- England; Social work with juvenile delinquents -- Wales; Juvenile justice, Administration of -- England; Juvenile justice, Administration of -- Wales; Juvenile justice, Administration of; Social work with juvenile delinquents; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology; Political Science -- Public Policy -- Social Policy; Political economy; Central government policies; Social policy; England; Wales; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137339355; 1137339357
• Related ISBNs: 9781137339362; 1137339365; 9781137339348; 1137339349
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