Youth Justice and Social Work: Second Edition

Since launching in 2003, Transforming Social Work Practice has become the market-leading series for social work students and practitioners. Now, in order to reflect the ongoing changes to social work practice and education, the series is being improved even further. These books now have a greater emphasis on critical reflection as well as current thinking and policy. There are further opportunities for students to reflect on their own practice and their own learning.

It is vital for social work students and practitioners to understand the complexities of, and the debates within, the youth justice system. This fully-revised second edition analyses and puts into context several pieces of new legislation such as the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008, the Youth Rehabilitation Order 2009 and the new Youth Conditional Caution. Carefully selected case studies and summaries of contemporary research help to underpin this accessible and essential resource. Ideal for students on placement, this book enables the reader to follow complex and often difficult legislation and law.

There are chapters on criminological theories, the development of policy and a critical view of the current legal frameworks and the future of youth justice in England.

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