"Family Life and Youth Offending" examines the relationship between
the causes of youth offending and the legal duty of the state to
address those causes. In his globally relevant new study Arthur
provides the evidence that improving the family environment could
be the most effective and enduring strategy for combating juvenile
delinquency and associated behavioral, social and emotional
problems. In so doing the author argues that youth crime prevention
policy should therefore focus on the family context in which
offenders find themselves and resources should be diverted from
more traditional criminal justice measures and practices.
The book addresses several topical issues:
>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 behavior from
offending
> why greater use is not made of the present legislative
framework in preventing youth crime
> how existing legal powers could be used in order to discourage
and divert young people from engaging in offending behavior
> how international efforts to prevent youth offending have
developed in recent years, focussing on countries such as the USA,
Canada, Japan, Scotland, France and Scandinavian countries.
Arthur 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.
This approach recognizes the right of young people in trouble to
the development and delivery of preventive services.
This timely new book will be essential reading for students and
researchers inCriminology, Law, Social Policy and Youth Studies, as
well as professionals and policy makers working in the area of
youth delinquency.
This will be the first book in the new "Routledge Advances in
Criminology "series.
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