Recent years have seen an upsurge of attention paid to street gangs as scholars and
criminal justice officials strive to understand and counteract the effects of gang membership …

SAGE was founded in 1965 by Sara Miller McCune to support the dissemination of usable
knowledge by publishing innovative and high-quality research and teaching content. Today …

This topical, accessibly written book moves beyond established critiques to outline a model
of positive youth justice: Children First, Offenders Second. Already in use in Wales, the …

It is well-established that the majority of youth offenders cease to commit crime in early
adulthood, but the mechanisms behind the shift from a criminal to a conventional lifestyle are …

This report provides a literature review on desistance from crime which explores the
purposes of offender management; understanding and supporting desistance; desistance …

This book aims to provide an understanding of youth offending and policy and practice
responses, particularly the risk-focused approaches that have underpinned much recent …

There is a significant conceptual divide between criminological theories that treat offenders
as rational agents who freely choose their actions and those that portray offenders as …

This article examines the problematic reductionism and decontextualising nature of
hegemonic youth justice intervention evaluation and offers a way ahead for a realistic …

Actuarial risk/needs assessments exert a formidable influence over the policy and practice of
youth offender intervention. Risk-prediction instruments and the programming they inspire …

This paper draws upon qualitative research with 'socially excluded'young people in the
North East of England. It proposes that the concept and study of 'leisure careers' is useful in …