Full Description
Policy development and implementation has a pivotal role in the youth justice system, profoundly impacting professionals and the children they work with. This imaginative book challenges limited explanations of policy-making as linear and government-dominated through original research into the practices, identities and relationships of a wide range of stakeholders working in multiple policy- making contexts in England and Wales.
The result is a detailed expert analysis of the contexts and mechanisms of youth justice policy-making. This book is key reading for researchers, professionals and students seeking effective understandings and responses to the long term social problem of youth offending.
Contents
Introduction: Contextualised Understanding of Youth Justice Policy-Making
1. The Contextualised Construction of Youth Justice Policy
2. Methodology: Exploring Contextualised Constructions of Youth Justice Policy
3. Expansionist 'New Youth Justice' Policy
4. Austerity Youth Justice As Tentative Policy 'Progress'
5. Exploring Youth Justice Policy-Making Contexts and Mechanisms
6. Professional Identities, Expertise and Evidence
7. The Centrality of Relationships in Youth Justice Policy-Making
Discussion: Towards a Contextualised Understanding of Youth Justice Policy-Making
