Working with Young Offenders

Häftad, Engelska, 1999

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This book offers a comprehensive and critical account of the changes introduced into the UK youth justice system by the 1998 Crime and Disorder legislation, and its implications for youth justice managers and professionals. It identifies strategies for the practitioner that address the impact of crime, the social predicament of the young offender and the effectiveness of formal and informal mechanisms of social control and social support, thereby showing ways of coming to grips with one of the most serious problems besetting the poorest members of our society.

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Utgivningsdatum1999-10-25
Mått140 x 216 x 10 mm
Vikt222 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieBritish Association of Social Workers (BASW) Practical Social Work
Antal sidor171
Upplaga2
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9780333682654

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JOHN PITTS is Professor of Socio-Legal Studies and Director of the Vauxhall Centre for the Study of Crime at the University of Luton. He is chair of the editorial board of the journal, Social Work in Europe, a board member and contributor to the 'Youth Crime and Youth Justice' section of the journal, Research Matters, and an editorial board member of the UNICEF journal, Juvenile Justice International. He is the author of many publications, including The Probation Handbook and Discipline or Solidarity: The New Politics of Juvenile Crime.