Book review: Youth crime and justice: Critical issues, Barry Goldson and John Muncie (eds). London: Sage Publications, 2006. Comparative youth justice: Critical issues, John Muncie and Barry Goldson (eds). London: Sage Publications, 2006

This qualitative study explored the lived experiences of youth justice practitioners supervising young people (below 18 years old) displaying sexually harmful behavior within the Youth Justice System (YJS) in the United Kingdom, as little is currently known about the challenges faced when working with this vulnerable group. Five practitioners from two Youth Offending Services (YOS) participated in individual semistructured interviews, which were subjected to thematic analysis while also analyzing the performative function of language used. The analysis identified an overarching theme of “systemic unease,” which contained two subthemes surrounding “unease with the self, and wider YOS personnel” and “unease working with partner agencies.” The findings illuminate critical issues regarding future practice with this underresearched group of young people within the broader context of youth justice, which require further exploration and investigation. The “dual relationship problem” involving tension between risk management and therapeutic alliance is explored in relation to this group. The moral acquaintance model and the model of dynamic adaptation are suggested as helpful approaches to support practitioners and multi-agency professionals going forward in this area.

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Book Review: Critical Issues in Restorative Justice

Criminal Justice Review ◽

10.1177/0734016805285058 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 30 (3) ◽

pp. 357-359

Author(s):

John P. J. Dussich

Keyword(s):

Restorative Justice ◽

Critical Issues

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1. Introduction: Youth Crime and Youth Justice

Responding to Youth Crime in Canada ◽

10.3138/9781442683808-002 ◽

2004 ◽

pp. 1-29

Keyword(s):

Youth Crime ◽

Youth Justice

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9. Explaining youth crime and youth justice

Criminology ◽

10.1093/he/9780198736752.003.0009 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Steve Case ◽

Phil Johnson ◽

David Manlow ◽

Roger Smith ◽

Kate Williams

Keyword(s):

Young People ◽

Subsequent Treatment ◽

Youth Crime ◽

Youth Justice ◽

Socially Constructed ◽

Childhood And Youth ◽

Crime And Delinquency ◽

Offending Behaviour ◽

Over Time

This chapter deals with youth crime and youth justice: offending behaviour committed by children and young people and their subsequent treatment in the justice system. It considers the argument for a bespoke understanding and response to youth and crime as distinct from offending behaviour committed by adults. The discussion begins by looking at how the concepts of ‘childhood’ and ‘youth’ have been theorised and socially constructed over time. The chapter then examines how youth crime and ‘delinquency’ have been explained in individualised, developmental, and agentic terms; how young people may grow into crime, with particular emphasis on the role of culture in deviance; and the link between radicalisation and youth crime. It also describes the dominant formal responses to youth crime before concluding with an overview of progressive, contemporary approaches to delivering youth justice/responding to youth crime, namely, diversion and positive youth justice.

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