What Prospects Youth Justice? Children in Trouble in the Age of Austerity

Yates, Joe

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“…Signs of an economic downturn began to emerge in early 2008 and Ireland entered recession in mid-2008, seeing a return to high unemployment, falling income levels and cuts in public expenditure. Public spending cuts, particularly cuts in social welfare, are likely to have 'significant consequences for poverty risks' (Russell et al, 2010: 102) and are likely to place particular strain on those already living in socially excluded contexts (Yates, 2012).…”

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Young People’s Offending Careers and Criminal Justice Contact: A Case for Social Justice

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2014

Youth Justice

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This article draws on an analysis of young people's offending careers. The research was initiated against a backdrop of changing discourse around youth justice in Ireland with a shift towards prevention of offending and diversion from the criminal justice system. Locating crime and criminal justice contact within a biographical context indicated that participants' offending, and lives generally, was bound up in marginalised transitions to adulthood, and embedded within social and economic environments characterised by high deprivation. The findings support a further shift in focus towards addressing social injustice as a necessary prerequisite to tackle the origins of youth offending.

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Young People’s Offending Careers and Criminal Justice Contact: A Case for Social Justice

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Youth Justice

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“…It is relatively easy to 'fudge' this kind of conceptual tension when times are good, but less so when one or other (or all) of these potential justifications for diversion come under attack. The idea of 'success' is further confused in the current climate with the progressive introduction of 'payment by results' into the criminal justice arena, and the associated potential for the incorporation of a new range of instrumental and cost-based criteria against which intervention programmes will be judged (see Yates, 2012).…”

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“…And thirdly, linked with the wider pattern of reduced funding and its consequences, the associated question arises as to whether or not there is a more deliberate and intentional process at play in the withdrawal of the state from areas of human life with which it is no longer concerned (see Yates, 2012). This kind of trend appears to be legitimised by arguments for 'localism', and the delegation of responsibility (but not funding) for aspects of welfare intervention which have until recently fallen under the remit of central government, such as local welfare assistance and public health.…”

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Re-inventing Diversion

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2014

Youth Justice

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“…In particular there are issues of 'creaming' and 'parking' (Yates, 2012). With regard to the former, organisations will opt to work with the most receptive young people where there is greater certainty of financial rewards.…”

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“…Organisations may then 'park' the most difficult to engage, most needy, marginalised, and disadvantaged young people, where the opportunity to secure a successful outcome and generate profit is difficult to achieve. Inevitably, those young people who are the most difficult to engage and essentially the most marginalised young people within society will not benefit from this system (Yates, 2012).…”

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Youth justice back at the crossroads

Creaney

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2014

Safer Communities

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The full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-prot purposes provided that:• a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in DRO • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.Please consult the full DRO policy for further details. Design/ methodology/ approach: The paper draws on a range of sources, including published journal articles and statistical evidence. In so doing it critically reviews relevant academic literature. Findings:Three critical insights arise from the review. First, there are promising approaches emerging in youth justice organised around the principle of avoiding formal processing of young people where possible; such as, for example, Triage, the Youth Restorative Disposal, Youth Justice Liaison and Diversion schemes, the Swansea Bureau and the Durham Pre-Reprimand Disposal. Thus there is evidence of an emerging consensus, across the domains of policy, practice and legislation which seem to endorse the idea of community-based minimum intervention, supported by principles of offender rehabilitation and restoration. Second, whilst they have not intruded to any great extent in the sphere of youth justice so far, there is no doubt that the government is keen to extend the remit of payment by results schemes. Perhaps most concerning is the issue with private sector organisations engaging in 'gaming activities' where maximizing profit becomes the intention over enhancing the well-being of the young person. Third, it is argued that in order to reconcile the lack of user-led engagement of offenders, and experiences of disempowerment, the priority should be, throughout the Youth Justice System, to involve young people in assessment and decision making processes. Research implications/limitations:As an exploratory paper, it does not set out to provide a blueprint on 'how' the issues outlined should be resolved. Rather, it provides a basis for further discussion, and highlights some examples of promising practice, particularly around the issues of offender engagement, participation and rights compliance. This is particularly important considering that the UK government will report to the United Nations this year (2014) on its progress in implementing and complying with the children's right agenda. Practice implications:The paper highlights the issues and ambiguities facing practitioners working within a payment by results framework which is contextualised by what appears to be a more liberal tone in public policy. It also explores the challenges delivering participatory approaches. Social implications:The paper argues that in relation to young people who are 'at risk' of engaging in further crime and experiencing social, family, educative or health related issues, services located outside the formal appa...

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What Prospects Youth Justice? Children in Trouble in the Age of Austerity

Cited by 11 publications

References 20 publications

Young People’s Offending Careers and Criminal Justice Contact: A Case for Social Justice

Young People’s Offending Careers and Criminal Justice Contact: A Case for Social Justice

Re-inventing Diversion

Youth justice back at the crossroads

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