Juvenile Justice Youth and Crime in Australia

by Cunneen, Christopher; White, Rob

• ISBN13: 9780195574098
• ISBN10: 0195574095
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-07-10
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This book is about youth and crime in Australia, and the institutions and agencies associated with the administration of juvenile justice. It provides an overview and introduction to the main concepts and issues of juvenile justice in a way that is simple and descriptive, yet critical. It provides basic information across a broad range of areas, and in so doing, raises a number of questions about the institutions of juvenile justice and how we think about juvenile justice issues.

Author Biography

Chris Cunneen is Professor at The Cairns Institute, and the Faculty of Business, Law and Creative Arts at James Cook University.

Rob White is Professor of Criminology in the School of Sociology & Social Work at the University of Tasmania.

Table of Contents

List of Tables, Boxes and Figures
Introduction
PART I HISTORY, THEORY, AND INSTITUTIONS
1. The Development of Juvenile Justice
2. Theories of Juvenile Offending
3. The Nature of Contemporary Juvenile Crime
4. The Institutions of Juvenile Justice
PART II THE SOCIAL DYNAMICS OF JUVENILE JUSTICE
5. Class and Community
6. Indigenous Young People
7. Ethnic Minority Young People
8. Young Women, Young Men, and Gender
PART III THE STATE, PUNISHMENT, AND COMMUNITY
9. Policing the Young
10. Courts and Sentencing Processes
11. Detention and Community Corrections
12. Youth Crime Prevention
13. Restorative Justice and Juvenile Conferencing
Bibliography
Index