Title: Devils and angels : youth policy and crime /
Authors: Fionda, Julia
Publisher: Hart,
Year: 2005
Subjects: Juvenile delinquents Great Britain.; Juvenile delinquents Services Great Britain.; Juvenile delinquency Great Britain; Juvenile delinquents Great Britain Services for.; Juvenile justice, Administration of Great Britain
Abstract: Youth justice is a key area of the criminal justice policy in England and Wales and has been the subject of an inordinate amount of recent legislation seeking to enhance the criminal courts' powers to punish and prevent offending and re-offending by young people.
Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Youth -- 3. Policy -- 4. Crime -- 5. Diversion -- 6. Tribunals -- 7. Sentencing -- 8. Restorative justice -- 9. Parents, schools and youth crime -- 10. Alternatives -- 11. Conclusion.