The context of Children First, Offenders Second positive youth justice:

2017 ◽  
pp. 81-124
Keyword(s):  
Youth Justice ◽  
First Offenders ◽  
Children First

scholarly journals Abolishing Youth Justice Systems: Children First, Offenders Nowhere

Youth Justice ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 147322541989875 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Case ◽  
Kevin Haines
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Youth Justice ◽  
Justice Systems ◽  
First Offenders ◽  
Children First

The 1980s decade of diversion in UK youth justice consolidated critiques of iatrogenic systemic contact and generated an abolitionist momentum that was significantly reversed by the 1990s punitive turn and ‘new youth justice’ strategies of modernisation, expansionism, interventionism and risk management. However, the tentative rejection of risk management and the rebirth of diversion in contemporary youth justice offer new hope for abolitionist arguments. This article critically evaluates contemporary abolitionist arguments, asserting that Children First definitions and diversionary, Bureau model responses could coalesce to form an innovative paradigm to replace traditional, formal conceptions of youth justice ‘systems’.

Youth Work and Social Pedagogy

2020 ◽  
pp. 149-167
Author(s):  
Howard Williamson ◽  
Mick Conroy
Keyword(s):  
Work Practice ◽  
Youth Work ◽  
Young Offenders ◽  
Political Climate ◽  
Youth Justice ◽  
Social Pedagogy ◽  
Effective Interventions ◽  
Justice Model ◽  
First Offenders ◽  
Children First

The most visible differentiation between models of youth justice across Europe exists in tensions between welfare-based and justice-based approaches. Proponents of welfare-based interventions often find themselves conflicted by the current growth of a right-wing, nationalistic, and perhaps at times xenophobic political climate throughout Europe, calling for tougher sanctions and sentences for young offenders. As a consequence, the promotion of any primarily welfare-based approaches within youth justice settings throughout Europe has been slow to emerge within key strategies to develop effective interventions with young offenders. This chapter explores the merits of a youth justice model that embraces the “children first—offenders second” approach, and it examines the potential role that a hybrid model of youth work practice and social pedagogy theory might play in achieving one of the key principles of the Council of Europe: integrating young offenders back into society, and not their marginalization and social exclusion.

Still Children First? Developments in Youth Justice in Wales

Youth Justice ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 151-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noel Cross ◽  
Jonathan Evans ◽  
John Minkes
Keyword(s):  
Youth Justice ◽  
Children First

Children First, Offenders SecondPositive Promotion: Reframing the Prevention Debate

Youth Justice ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 226-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Case ◽  
Kevin Haines
Keyword(s):  
First Offenders ◽  
Children First

scholarly journals The Future of Youth Justice

Youth Justice ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Haines ◽  
Stephen Case
Keyword(s):  
National Policy ◽  
Youth Workers ◽  
Youth Justice ◽  
Policy Context ◽  
The Future ◽  
Expert Analysis ◽  
Economic Austerity ◽  
Children First ◽  
The Impact ◽  
A Current

What is the future for youth justice in England and Wales? In a current climate of divergence, normlessness and local variations, we explore reform recommendations and the impact of economic austerity on local Youth Offending Teams: a retraction of support/services, yet increasing oversight by non-specialist managers. Four emerging youth justice delivery structures are identified, followed by an assessment of what does not work in practice – punishment, system contact, treatment and offender-focused interventions. We conclude that ‘what might work’ to progress youth justice is expert analysis, specialist youth workers and Children First principles in a coherent, flexible national policy context.

Applying Sen’s Capabilities Approach to the Delivery of Positive Youth Justice

Youth Justice ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 147322542095320
Author(s):  
Katherine S. Williams ◽  
Heddwen Daniel
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Capabilities Approach ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Structural Barriers ◽  
Youth Justice ◽  
Children First

Since 2000 the Welsh Government’s (WG) policy has been to provide rights and entitlements to all children in Wales. However, this is not fully implemented partly due to an underspecified meaning of ‘children first’ and ‘well-being’ and their role in relation to ‘justice’. We propose that clarity could be achieved through a novel exploitation of Amartya Sen’s capabilities approach to achieving social justice. This would require the identification and mitigation of socio-structural barriers which undermine the ability of a child to live a positive life, a life where they can meet their full potential without harm to themselves or others.

scholarly journals Towards a positive youth justice

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 69-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ben Byrne ◽  
Stephen Case
Keyword(s):  
Formal System ◽  
Children's Rights ◽  
Children’S Rights ◽  
Youth Justice ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Child Friendly ◽  
Outcomes For Children ◽  
Children First ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Critical Literature

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to consider and explore the principles that should inform a positive and progressive approach to conceptualising and delivering youth justice. Design/methodology/approach – Critical literature review, incorporating primary research and evaluation conducted by the authors. Findings – A children first model of positive youth justice should cohere around the promotion of four key principles: children’s rights and adults’ responsibilities; desistance and inclusion; diversion and systems management; relationship-based partnerships between children and practitioners. Practical implications – The child-friendly, child-appropriate and legitimacy-focused nature of the Children first, offender second (CFOS) model can encourage diversion from formal system contact, can enhance levels of participation and engagement with formal youth justice interventions and promotes positive behaviours and outcomes for children in trouble. Originality/value – The principles outlined progress youth justice into positive forms antithetical to the negative elements of the “new youth justice” and will have relevance to other jurisdictions, rooted as they are in universality, child development and children’s rights.

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