Dealing with Disaffection

Tim Newburnis Professor of Criminology and Director of the Mannheim Centre, London School of Economics, former President of the British Society of Criminology and an experienced and prolific author.Michael Shiner is a Senior Research Fellow in the Mannheim Centre for Criminology at the London School of Economics.Tara Young is a Senior Research Fellow in the Faculty of Applied Social Sciences, London Metropolitan University.

• 1.  Introduction  2. Youth disaffection  3. Youth transitions and the meaning of disaffection  4. Young people and mentoring  5. Mentoring plus  6. Mentoring plus and youthful exclusion  7. Mentoring in practice  8. Impact of the programme  9. Understanding change  10. Conclusion: youth disaffection, mentoring and social inclusion

'A very important and illuminating evaluation of a British mentoring programme ... of great interest to all criminologists and researchers on youth problems.' − David Farrington, University of Cambridge, UK'This is an important work, one whose dual focus (programme and evaluation) will no doubt resonate with practitioners and Criminologists alike.' − Bryan Hogeveen, University of Alberta, Canada