Cultural Perspectives on Youth Justice: Connecting Theory, Policy and International Practice

230 Pages·2017·4.193 MB·English

by  Elaine Arnull, Darrell Fox (eds.)

CULTURAL
PERSPECTIVES ON
YOU TH JUSTICE
Connecting Theory, Policy
and International Practice
Edited by ELAINE ARNULL
and DARRELL FOX
Cultural Perspectives on Youth Justice

Elaine A rnull • Darrell Fox
Editors
Cultural Perspectives
on Youth Justice
Connecting Theory, Policy
and International Practice
Editors
Elaine Arnull Darrell Fox
Nottingham Trent University University of the Fraser Valley
United Kingdom Abbotsford , British Columbia , Canada

ISBN 978-1-137-43396-1 ISBN 978-1-137-43397-8 (eBook)
DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-43397-8
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Contents
1 Introduction 1
Elaine Arnull
2 Th eoretical Perspectives: Delinquency 17
Elaine Arnull and Darrell Fox
Part I Europe 53
3 England and Wales: Risk and Responsibility 55
Elaine Arnull
4 Croatia: From Welfare to Responsibility 87
Dalibor Dolezal
Part II American Subcontinent 109
5 Canada: Community, Reintegration, Restoration and
Aboriginal Responses 111
Darrell Fox
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vi Contents
6 Th e USA: Staying Close to Home—Justice Reform in
New York City 131
Judith Ryder
Part III Developing Economies and Youth Justice Systems 159
7 Th e Philippines: Ensuring Inclusion to
Community Responses to Youth Justice 161
Nicamil K. Sanchez
8 Th e Juvenile Justice System in India: Observation Homes
and Current Debates 185
Meghna Vesvikar and Renu Sharma
9 Concluding Remarks: Youth Justice in a Global World 209
Elaine Arnull
Index 219
Notes on Contributors
Elaine Arnull i s a Reader in Social Policy and Social Work at Nottingham
Trent University, UK. Her work has been concerned with the experiences
of those aff ected by the Youth Justice System, Criminal Justice System
and other social policy systems and includes large-scale international and
national studies. Her current work is focused on girls and young people
and the narrative voice.
Dalibor Dolezal is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Education and
Rehabilitation Sciences, Department of Criminology, University of
Zagreb. She is also a qualifi ed social pedagogue.
Darrell Fox is Assistant Professor of Social Work at the University of the
Fraser Valley, Canada. He is a qualifi ed social worker and has many years’
experience with the youth justice systems of the UK and Canada. He is
an expert in restorative justice approaches in both jurisdictions.
Judith Ryder is Associate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at St
John’s University, New York, USA. She specialises in gender and family
violence, and has a broad background in criminology, with a concentra-
tion on violence and trauma among adolescents. Her work principally
draws on psychosocial and feminist theoretical frameworks.
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viii Notes on Contributors
Nicamil K . Sanchez i s Assistant Professor of Social Work at the University
of the Philippines College of Social Work and Community Development,
the Philippines. He is a registered social worker in the Philippines and a
qualifi ed social worker in Australia and the UK. He is also a consultant of
the Juvenile Justice Welfare Council and the fi rst Geriatric Social Worker
in the Philippines with an extensive research background in children and
older persons.
Renu Sharma is Assistant Professor at the College of Social Work,
Nirmala Niketan, Mumbai, India. Her Research interests focus on the
areas of children in vulnerable situations, criminology and correctional
administration. She has over ten years of teaching experience.
Meghna Vesvikar i s Assistant Professor at the College of Social Work,
Nirmala Niketan, Mumbai, India. She completed her MA in Social Work
with a specialisation in Criminology and Correctional Administration
from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India. For two years,
she worked for Aangan, a non-governmental organisation working for
the psychosocial rehabilitation of children in state-run institutions.
1
Introduction
Elaine   A rnull
Y oung people, crime, justice and delinquency have been at the forefront
of social concern across the world throughout much of history and the
trajectory has not changed. Th ese concerns have not only been a consis-
tent historical feature but have also been a common pattern across many
societies. We love our babies and children. We need future generations
to develop and further our societies and to keep us in our old age. But
we also appear to fear the young, especially adolescents and young adults.
It would seem that we fear their enthusiasm, their challenge, their per-
ceived delinquency and their replacing of us. Th ey are often blamed for
social ills, and their deviancy and its threat to social control has been
held to be a social fact from Plato (Byron 2 009 ) to the current period
(Barnado’s 2 008 : Vidali 1 998 ).
E. Arnull
Nottingham Trent University ,
Nottingham , UK
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