Phil Scraton is Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice and Director of the Centre for Studies in Crime and Social Justice at Edge Hill University College. With Kathryn Chadwick he runs the Centre’s postgraduate research and Masters’ programmes. His primary research interests include: the politics and regulation of sexuality; the rights of survivors and the bereaved in the aftermath of disasters; police powers and accountability; deaths in custody; critical analysis and its application.

• Part One Chapter 1 ‘Childhood’: An Introduction to Historical and Theoretical Analyses Chapter 2 ‘Crisis’: The Demonization of Children and Young People Part Two Chapter 3 ‘Families’ in ‘Crisis’? Chapter 4 Prolonging ‘Childhood’, Manufacturing ‘Innocence’ and Regulating Sexuality Chapter 5 ‘Crisis’ in the Classroom Chapter 6 Children in Trouble: State Responses to Juvenile Crime Chapter 7 ‘Mad’, ‘Bad’ or Misunderstood? The Rights of Children and Young People in Residential Mental Health Settings Chapter 8 Whose ‘Childhood’? What ‘Crisis’?