This three-volume set of original readings is designed to reveal how and why children and young people have been repeatedly the subject of adult concern, censure, and intervention. It conceptualizes notions of 'childhood', 'youth', and 'adolescence' while also tracing the complex history of adult intervention and juvenile justice. In the 21st century discourses of protection, restoration, punishment, responsibility, rehabilitation, welfare, retribution, diversion, human rights, and so on exist alongside each other in a perpetually uneasy and contradictory manner. Youth Crime and Juvenile Justice provides a lens through which to navigate this complex field. Volume I– The Youth Problem outlines social constructions of childhood and youth and how these are intimately related to the origins of systems of juvenile justice. Volume II – Juvenile Corrections explores the varied means of intervention and correction that currently make up the juvenile justice landscape in jurisdictions worldwide. Volume III – Children's Rights and State Responsibilities examines the deprivations, injustices, abuses and lack of access to rights that routinely surround childhood and youth worldwide.Each volume includes a substantive introduction from the editors. This collection comprehensively defines and maps out the fields of youth criminology and juvenile justice studies.
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