Juvenile justice : debating the issues
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Juvenile justice : debating the issues
Allen & Unwin, 1993
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Bibliography: p. 162-176
Includes index
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Are young people primarily to be punished, or are they to be redeemed? Juvenile justice remains a central concern in Australian society in the 1990s. For many years it has attracted substantial public and government attention, and as a result there have been considerable changes to legislation, court procedures, policing and welfare intervention, often without the support of systematic research. Written from the different perspectives of academics, lawyers, police, magistrates and social workers, this collection attempts to address the problems of dealing with young offenders in a just and humane manner, and suggests approaches that it is hoped will lead to more effective rehabilitation.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 An overview - theories and figures: philosophies of juvenile justice, Ngaire Naffine
- the facts of juvenile justice, Joy Wundersitz. Part 2 Philosophical perspectives: welfare and justice - incompatible philosophies, John Pratt
- Australia's juvenile justice systems - a comment, John Seymour
- juvenile justice reform and the symbol of the child, Kathy Lester
- the philosophical agenda - a discussion. Part 3 Policing: police, youth and violence, Christine Alder
- police and justice, Linda Hancock
- police action - a discussion. Part 4 Informal processing: the search for alternatives to coercive justice, Ken Polk
- informal processing - the South Australian experience, Michael Barry
- alternatives to court - a discussion. Part 5 The courts: influence in reforms of juvenile courts, Rod Blackmore
- children's courts - to be or what to be?, Michael Hogan
- the back-to-justice movement - just or more punitive?, Garth Luke
- children's courts - processes and outcomes - a discussion.
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