Youth Justice and Child Protection

With ever-increasing new policies on ‘anti-social behaviour' and ongoing public concern over the care of children, juvenile crime and law breaking, this new book is a timely examination of recent developments in the areas of youth justice and child protection. The central focus of the book is on whether society and young people in state care, both in young offenders' institutes or foster/care homes, are better served by the dispensation of justice or appropriate family support. A broad range of international contributors discuss different approaches to this issue and the varying extent to which it is dealt with as part of the same system ranging from the English, Welsh, Western European, US and Canadian arrangements, where judicial and service responses are largely segregated to the Scottish system where both are dealt with in the same children's hearing system. The contributors also consider the implications of these arrangements for the rights of society on the one hand, children and parents on the other, and provide information on the rationale for current policy, new proposals, and the efficacy of the different systemsYouth Justice and Child Protection will be an important reference for policy-makers, social workers, carers, academics, students, lawyers, magistrates, sheriffs, heath professionals and all those working in youth justice and child protection.Preface.Introduction: The Principles and Practice of Compulsory Intervention when Children are 'At Risk' or Engage in Criminal Behaviour. Malcolm Hill, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Andrew Lockyer, University of Glasgow, and Fred Stone, Professor Emeritus, University of Glasgow. Part 1: Different Approaches to the Youth Justice–Child Care and Protection Interface. 1. Approaching Youth Crime through Welfare are Punishment: The Finnish Perspective, Johanna Korpinen and Tarja Pösö, University of Tampere, Finland 2. The Interface Between Youth Justice and Child Protection in Ireland. Helen Buckley and Eoin O'Sullivan, University of Dublin, Trinity College. 3. Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice in the USA: A Practice Perspective. Mark Creekmore, University of Michigan. 4. Juvenile Crime and the Justice System in Sweden. Anna Hollander and Michael Tärnfalk, Stockholm University. 5. Child Protection and the 'Juvenile Secure Estate' in England and Wales: Controversies, Complexities and Concerns, Barry Goldson, University of Liverpool. Part 2: Trends in Child Protection and Youth Policy. 6. Developments in Child Protection, Jim Ennis, Foster Care Associates, Scotland. 7. The Relationship between Youth Justice and Child Welfare in England and Wales, Anthony Bottoms, University of Cambridge, and Vicky Kemp, Legal Services Research Centre. 8. Change, Evidence, Challenges: Youth Justice Developments in Scotland, Bill Whyte, University of Edinburgh. 9. Assessing How Well Systems Work: The Example of Scottish Children's Hearing, Sally Kuenssberg, NHS Greater Glasgow Board. 10. The Scottish Children's Hearing System: Thinking About Effectiveness. Lorraine Waterhouse, University of Edinburgh. Part 3: Decision-making and Rights. 11. The Place of Lay Participation in Decision-Making, Barbara Reid and Ian Gillan, University of Glasgow. 12. Children's Justice: A View from America. Donald N. Duquette, University of Michigan. 13. Children's Rights and Juvenile Justice, David Archard, University of Lancaster. 14. The Implications of the European Convention on Human Rights in the Context of Children's Right for the Scottish Children's Hearing System. Kathleen Marshall, Commissioner for Children and Young People, Scotland.15.Conclusions, Andrew Lockyer, Fred Stone and Malcolm Hill. References. Index.