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What knowledge and skills do you need to practise effectively as
a professional within the youth justice system? What values should
inform your work with children and young people subject to criminal
justice sanctions? These are the central questions addressed by the
editors and contributors in this comprehensive new text.
The Youth Justice Handbook provides an essential resource for
practitioners in youth justice as well as those who are studying
the subject as part of their training or an academic course. Its
aim is to equip practitioners in youth justice and the wider
children s workforce with an understanding of key theoretical
concepts from a range of disciplines that might inform and enhance
their work. It encourages a critical interrogation of the ideas
that underpin practice by drawing on social constructionist
approaches to issues such as child development, crime and
punishment and related concepts. It provides a descriptive account
of current practice in
areas such as community corrections and incarceration, examining
the evidence base for this and suggesting where appropriate
alternative strategies.
The key objective of the Handbook is to provide students with the
confidence to critically reflect on the ideas and debates that
currently influence the work undertaken with young people as well
as those that may shape practice in the future. By equipping them
with the basic skills of analysis and an understanding of key
themes and developments, it aims to further promote their
progression as reflective practitioners and autonomous
learners.
The Youth Justice Handbook takes a multidisciplinary approach, and
contains chapters from leading experts in the field which draw on
original research and practical experience of working in the area.
It is divided into five parts:
Contexts of childhood and youth
Research, knowledge and evidence in youth justice
Policy, possibilities and penal realities in youth justice
Reflective practice
Widening contexts
What knowledge and skills do you need to practise effectively as
a professional within the youth justice system? What values should
inform your work with children and young people subject to criminal
justice sanctions? These are the central questions addressed by the
editors and contributors in this comprehensive new text.
The Youth Justice Handbook provides an essential resource for
practitioners in youth justice as well as those who are studying
the subject as part of their training or an academic course. Its
aim is to equip practitioners in youth justice and the wider
children's workforce with an understanding of key theoretical
concepts from a range of disciplines that might inform and enhance
their work. It encourages a critical interrogation of the ideas
that underpin practice by drawing on social constructionist
approaches to issues such as ?child development?, ?crime? and
?punishment? and related concepts. It provides a descriptive
account of current practice in
areas such as community corrections and incarceration, examining
the evidence base for this and suggesting ? where appropriate ?
alternative strategies.
The key objective of the Handbook is to provide students with the
confidence to critically reflect on the ideas and debates that
currently influence the work undertaken with young people as well
as those that may shape practice in the future. By equipping them
with the basic skills of analysis and an understanding of key
themes and developments, it aims to further promote their
progression as reflective practitioners and autonomous
learners.
The Youth Justice Handbook takes a multidisciplinary approach, and
contains chapters from leading experts in the field which draw on
original research and practical experience of working in the area.
It is divided into five parts:
? Contexts of childhood and youth
? Research, knowledge and evidence in youth justice
? Policy, possibilities and penal realities in youth justice
? Reflective practice
? Widening contexts
The first authoritative volume to look back on the last 50 years of
The Open University providing higher education to those in prison,
this unique book gives voice to ex-prisoners whose lives have been
transformed by the education they received. Offering vivid personal
testimonies, reflective vignettes and academic analysis of prison
life and education in prison, the book marks the 50th anniversary
of The Open University.
Convict criminology is the study of criminology by those who have
first-hand experience of imprisonment. This is the first
single-authored book to trace the emergence of convict criminology
and explore its relevance beyond the USA to the UK and other parts
of Europe. Addressing epistemological issues of 'insider research',
it presents uniquely reflexive scholarship combining personal
experience with critical perspectives on contemporary penality.
Taking a gendered approach and focusing explicitly on men, it
covers: * the way prisoners, ex-prisoners and prison research
contribute to criminological knowledge * historical figures in
criminology whose prison experiences are rarely recognised * the
way racism, colonialism and class shape penal experience and social
worlds Drawing from his own experience of imprisonment, prison
research and criminology, the author demonstrates how this
experience can expand the criminological imagination. It is a novel
and compelling account for students, teachers, academics and penal
practitioners. It will inform, educate and entertain anyone working
in criminal justice, the legal and para-legal professions and those
with an interest in social justice.
The Palgrave Handbook of Prison Ethnography provides an expansive
overview of the challenges presented by qualitative, and
particularly ethnographic, enquiry. The chapters reflect upon the
means by which ethnographers aim to gain understanding, make sense
of what they learn and the way they represent their finished work.
The Handbook offers urgent insights relevant to current trends in
the growth of imprisonment worldwide. In an era of mass
incarceration, human-centric ethnography provides an important
counter to quantitative analysis and the audit culture on which
prisons are frequently judged. The Handbook is divided into four
parts. Part I ('About Prison Ethnography') assesses methodological,
theoretical and pragmatic issues related to the use of ethnographic
and qualitative enquiry in prisons. Part II ('Through Prison
Ethnography') considers the significance of ethnographic insights
in terms of wider social or political concerns. Part III ('Of
Prison Ethnography') analyses different aspects of the roles
ethnographers take and how they negotiate their research settings.
Part IV ('For Prison Ethnography') includes contributions that
convincingly extend the value of prison ethnography beyond the
prison itself. Bringing together contributions by some of the
world's leading scholars in criminology and prison studies, this
authoritative volume maps out new directions for future research.
It will be an indispensable resource for practitioners, students,
academics and researchers who use qualitative social research
methods to further their understanding of prisons.
The first authoritative volume to look back on the last 50 years of
The Open University providing higher education to those in prison,
this unique book gives voice to ex-prisoners whose lives have been
transformed by the education they received. Offering vivid personal
testimonies, reflective vignettes and academic analysis of prison
life and education in prison, the book marks the 50th anniversary
of The Open University.
Leadership in Small Churches inspires and equips men and women who
are called to serve in churches of less than 100 people, which are
the majority of churches in the United States. Small churches in
the United States suffer from a lack of leadership. On the one
hand, there is a shortage of leaders. On the other hand, leaders
who serve faithfully sometimes feel ill-equipped to carry out their
calling due to inadequate training, especially a lack of training
specific to small churches. This volume provides guidance from
scholars and practitioners with experience in small churches.
Because of their experience in and commitment to ministry in small
churches, these writers are well qualified to discuss the breadth
of topics in this book. These topics include developing vision,
handling conflict, pastoral care, preaching, discipleship, ministry
to youth and children, missions, and identifying and training
leaders.
Convict criminology is the study of criminology by those who have
first-hand experience of imprisonment. This is the first
single-authored book to trace the emergence of convict criminology
and explore its relevance beyond the USA to the UK and other parts
of Europe. Addressing epistemological issues of 'insider research',
it presents uniquely reflexive scholarship combining personal
experience with critical perspectives on contemporary penality.
Taking a gendered approach and focusing explicitly on men, it
covers: * the way prisoners, ex-prisoners and prison research
contribute to criminological knowledge * historical figures in
criminology whose prison experiences are rarely recognised * the
way racism, colonialism and class shape penal experience and social
worlds Drawing from his own experience of imprisonment, prison
research and criminology, the author demonstrates how this
experience can expand the criminological imagination. It is a novel
and compelling account for students, teachers, academics and penal
practitioners. It will inform, educate and entertain anyone working
in criminal justice, the legal and para-legal professions and those
with an interest in social justice.
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