1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910777981103321

Titolo

Children and young people in custody [[electronic resource] ] : managing the risk / / edited by Maggie Blyth, Robert Newman and Chris Wright

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol, England, : Policy Press, 2009

ISBN

1-4473-0175-7

1-282-12123-5

9786612121234

1-84742-262-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (113 p.)

Collana

Researching criminal justice series

Altri autori (Persone)

BlythMaggie

NewmanRobert <1953->

WrightChris

Disciplina

365.42

Soggetti

Juvenile delinquents - Rehabilitation - Great Britain

Juvenile justice, Administration of - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Rainer Crime Concern."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Children and young people in custody; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Notes on contributors; Introduction; 1. Children in custody; 2. Types of secure establishment; 3. The cost of custody: whose responsibility?; 4. Sentencing young people; 5. Child deaths in the juvenile secure estate; 6. Sentenced to education: the case for a 'hybrid' custodial sentence; 7. Young people and parole: risk aware or risk averse?; 8. Ten years on: conclusions

Sommario/riassunto

Over the last decade, the reformed youth justice system has seen increases in the numbers of children and young people in custody, a sharp rise in indeterminate sentences and the continuing deaths of young prisoners. This report brings together contributions from leading experts on young people and criminal justice to critically examine current policy and practice.