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Residential Children's Homes and the Youth Justice System Julie Shaw

Residential Children's Homes and the Youth Justice System By Julie Shaw

Residential Children's Homes and the Youth Justice System by Julie Shaw


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Summary

This book explores the factors at the individual, institutional and systemic levels which contribute to children's home residents coming to the attention of the youth justice system, and the consequent implications for policy and practice. Perspectives are drawn from both young people and professionals in the care and youth justice systems.

Residential Children's Homes and the Youth Justice System Summary

Residential Children's Homes and the Youth Justice System: Identity, Power and Perceptions by Julie Shaw

This book explores the factors at the individual, institutional and systemic levels which contribute to children's home residents coming to the attention of the youth justice system, and the consequent implications for policy and practice. Perspectives are drawn from both young people and professionals in the care and youth justice systems.

About Julie Shaw

Julie Shaw is a Research Fellow in the School of Social Work and Social Policy at the University of Strathclyde, Scotland, and has previously worked as a Probation Officer. She is co-author of Young People and the Care Experience: Research, Policy and Practice.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Developments and Experiences in Residential Care 2. Policy Context of Research 3. Introducing the Research Study: Theory and Method 4. Disempowerment, Responsibility and Difference 5. Solidarity, Conflict and the Residential Regime 6. Instability, Homogeneity and Isolation 7. 'Policing', Power and Perceptions 8. Key Findings and Implications for Policy and Practice

Additional information

NLS9781349457380
9781349457380
1349457388
Residential Children's Homes and the Youth Justice System: Identity, Power and Perceptions by Julie Shaw
New
Paperback
Palgrave Macmillan
2014-01-01
192
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