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3. Desistance and Children

Author

Wigzell, Alexandra, Paterson-Young, Claire, and Bateman, Tim

Subjects
Child first, Children, Desistance, Youth justice, Youth offending, thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JK Social services and welfare, criminology::JKV Crime and criminology::JKVQ Offenders::JKVQ1 Rehabilitation of offenders, thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JK Social services and welfare, criminology::JKV Crime and criminology::JKVQ Offenders::JKVQ2 Juvenile offenders, thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1D Europe::1DD Western Europe::1DDU United Kingdom, Great Britain, thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSP Age groups and generations::JBSP1 Age groups: children, thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JK Social services and welfare, criminology::JKV Crime and criminology, thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LNF Criminal law: procedure and offences::LNFB Criminal justice law
Abstract

Available open access digitally under CC BY-NC-ND licence. ‘Desistance’ - understanding how people move away from offending – has become a significant policy focus in recent years, with desistance thinking transplanted from the adult to the youth justice system in England and Wales. This book is the first to critique this approach to justice-involved children, many of whom are yet to fully develop an identity (criminal or otherwise) from which to ‘desist’. Featuring voices from academia, policy and practice, this book explores practical approaches to desistance with children in the ‘Child First’ context. It gives new insights into how children can be supported to move away from offending and proposes reforms to make a meaningful difference to children’s lives.

Published
2024
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44. Towards a 'welfare + rights' model in youth justice

Author

Roger Smith

Subjects
Sociology and Political Science, media_common.quotation_subject, Welfare, Youth studies, Economic Justice, Intervention (law), Order (exchange), Welfare rights, Convergence (relationship), Sociology, Positive economics, Models of youth justice, Rights, Youth justice, Social psychology, media_common
Abstract

There have been a number of attempts to elaborate models and typologies of youth justice, which are, in turn, associated with particular jurisdictions and youth justice systems. While analyses of this type represent attempts to differentiate according to specific criteria, such as their implicit understanding of the causes of young people’s behaviour, it is also a matter of debate as to whether these tend to overstate differences at the expense of commonalities and pressures towards convergence. Despite the unresolved nature of these arguments, the article nonetheless utilises the framework offered by the notion of a model of youth justice to develop an alternative conceptualisation, bringing together, rather than opposing, principles of welfare and rights, in order to argue for a progressive and clearly distinctive approach to intervention with young people whose behaviour is seen as problematic, and who are potentially criminalised.

Published
2014

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