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Author Seymour, Mairéad

Title Youth Justice in Context : Community, Compliance and Young People
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (225 pages)
Series Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice
Routledge frontiers of criminal justice.
Contents Youth Justice in Context: Community, compliance and young people; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1 Introduction; Setting the context; Structure of the book; A note on the data analysis process; Terminology in the book; 2 Responding to non-compliance with the requirements of community disposals; Young people and non-compliance; Principles and good practice guidance in responding to 'failures to comply'; Comparative perspectives on responding to non-compliance; Conclusion; 3 Compliance theory, research and practice; Defining compliance
A framework to explain offender compliance under community supervisionYoung people: legitimacy, procedural justice and legal socialization; Offender attitudes and stances in relation to compliance; The dynamic nature of compliance: models, motivations and mechanisms; Sustaining compliance in the longer-term; Conclusion; 4 The context of community supervision: adolescent development and social circumstances; Decision making and judgement: cognitive and psychosocial factors; Psychosocial maturity and legal decision making
Psychosocial maturity and young people's compliance with community disposalsThe social context of compliance: family, school and community; Conclusion; 5 The social and criminal justice context of supervising young offenders; Northern Ireland; Influences on the development of youth justice in Northern Ireland; Responding to youth crime in Northern Ireland; The Republic of Ireland; Infiuences on the development of youth justice in the Republic of Ireland; Responding to youth crime in the Republic of Ireland
Agencies with responsibility for supervising young people in Northern Ireland and the Republic of IrelandRole, purpose and culture of the YJA; Role, purpose and culture of the PBNI; Role, purpose and culture of the Probation Service in the Republic of Ireland; Conclusion; 6 Constructing compliance on offender supervision; Levels of engagement; Practitioner expectations and perspectives on compliance; Young people's stances on compliance: practitioners' perspectives; Resistance to change or youthful resistance?; Organizational expectations and constructions of compliance; Conclusion
7 Promoting compliance and responding to non-compliance as part of the supervision processFrom the courtroom to the community; Encouraging compliance through engaging with young offenders; Communicating compliance in the supervisory relationship; Front-end compliance; Barriers to compliance: addressing problems and crises; Building capacity for the future; The role of parents and family in encouraging compliance; Other strategies; Promoting and responding to non-compliance: formal approaches and enforcement; Breach proceedings and compliance; Conclusion
Summary Drawing on the international literature and original empirical research from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, Youth Justice in Context examines the influence of legislative, organizational, policy and practice issues in shaping what constitutes compliance and how non-compliance is responded to when supervising young offenders in the community. It also addresses the impact of adolescent developmental immaturity and social and personal circumstances in mediating expectations of compliance. A central concern of the book is to explore the manner in which compliance changes over time t
Subject Juvenile justice, Administration of -- Ireland
Juvenile justice, Administration of -- Northern Ireland
Juvenile delinquency -- Ireland
Juvenile delinquency -- Northern Ireland
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
Juvenile delinquency
Juvenile justice, Administration of
Ireland
Northern Ireland
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781136241864
1136241868