Family Life and Youth Offending - Home is Where the Hurt is (Paperback)

The contention that young people commit offences due to inadequate parenting and parental difficulties has been an abiding feature of the debates on juvenile offending. Previously this evidence has been used to design prevention programmes for young offenders who have been processed by the criminal justice system, but this book examines how this evidence can be used to prevent offending in the first place. Examining the relationship between the causes of youth offending and the legal duty of the state to address those causes, this book provides evidence to show that improving the family environment could be the most effective and enduring strategy for combating juvenile delinquency and associated behavioural, social and emotional problems. It examines how current child welfare legislation, in particular the Children Act 1989, could be employed to prevent children who are at risk of engaging in antisocial and delinquent behaviour from offending. It abandons the traditional 'welfare vs. justice' dichotomy and instead outlines a new approach which focuses on the rights and needs of young people in troubled circumstances and their families.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Advances in Criminology
Release date:	March 2012
First published:	2007
Authors:	Raymond Arthur
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-51454-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Crime & criminology > Offenders > Juvenile offenders Promotions
LSN:	0-415-51454-1
Barcode:	9780415514545

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