| Youth justice |
| Section A: The aetiology
of youth crime |
| ·
The extent and nature of youth crime |
| ·
Aetiological explanations for youth crime |
| ·
Theories of childhood |
| ·
Youth crime prevention |
| Section B: Historical
and theoretical approaches to youth crime |
| ·
Welfare and punishment in the early history of
youth justice policy |
| ·
The developmental model in the 1980s |
| ·
Youth justice policy in the 1990s |
| ·
New Labour, crime and disorder, and managerialism |
| Section C: The youth
justice process |
| ·
Pre-trial diversion |
| ·
Sentencing young offenders |
| ·
Punishment in the community and YOTs |
| ·
The use of detention |
| Section D: Current
issues in youth justice |
| ·
Parental responsibility |
| ·
The media and youth crime |
| ·
Alternatives to a Youth Justice System |
| ·
Child victims and restorative justice |
| ·
Discrimination |
Sequence:
Section D last. Students are advised to complete sections A and B
before section C. |
|
Textbook:
Julia Fionda,
Devils and Angels: Youth, Policy and Crime (Oxford: Hart
Publishing, 2005),
ISBN: 9781841133744 |
