Social Work in Practice Series: Making a difference
This important series from Policy Press and British Association of Social Workers sets new standards in introducing social workers to the ideas, values and knowledge base necessary for professional practice.
Series editors: Viviene Cree and Steve Myers
Youth Justice in Practice: Making a difference
This book examines youth justice in a UK and international context, while drawing on the author’s experience in Scotland to highlight the challenge facing all jurisdictions in balancing welfare and justice. It explores the impact of political ideas and influences on both the structural and practical challenges of delivering youth justice and practice initiatives including early intervention, restorative justice, structured risk assessments, intensive supervision, maintaining change over time, and practice evaluation. The theoretical framework draws on social learning theory and the tradition of socio-education/social pedagogy as reflected in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.This is the only...