Youth Crime and Justice

John Muncie is Emeritus Professor of Criminology at the Open University, UK. He is the author of Youth and Crime (5th edition, Sage, 2021), and he has published widely on issues in comparative youth justice and children’s rights, including the co-edited companion volumes Youth Crime and Justice and Comparative Youth Justice (Sage, 2006). He has produced numerous Open University texts and readers, including Crime: Local and Global (Willan, 2010), Criminal Justice: Local and Global (Willan, 2010), The Problem of Crime (2nd edition, Sage, 2001), Crime Prevention and Community Safety (Sage, 2001) and Imprisonment: European Perspectives (Harvester, 1991). He has also contributed nine volumes to the The Sage Library of Criminology (Sage, 2007–2009). He is co-editor of the Sage journal Youth Justice: An International Journal.

Informed by the latest research in the field, the contributing authors of Youth Crime & Justice help explain the profoundly important yet uneven changes in youth justice policy and human rights that have emerged in the UK and internationally over the last decade, along with the huge challenges these pose for current efforts at progressive national and international youth justice reform.

• PART ONE: HISTORICAL AND SOCIAL-STRUCTURAL CONTEXTSChapter 1: Histories of Youth Crime and Youth Justice - Harry HendrickChapter 2: Social Class, Youth Crime and Youth Justice - Rob White and Chris CunneenChapter 3: ‘Race’, Youth Crime and Youth Justice - Colin WebsterChapter 4: Girls, Crime and Justice - Gilly Sharpe and Loraine GelsthorpePART TWO: TRENDS, EVIDENCE, POLICY AND PRACTICEChapter 5: Trends in Detected Youth Crime and Contemporary State Responses - Tim BatemanChapter 6: What Evidence for Youth Justice? - David SmithChapter 7: Risk Management and Early Intervention: A Critical Analysis - Stephen Case and Kevin HainesChapter 8: The Case for Diversion and Minimum Necessary Intervention - Lesley McAra and Susan McVieChapter 9: Restorative Justice? A Critical Analysis - Chris Cunneen and Barry GoldsonChapter 10: Desistance from Crime in the Transition to Adulthood - Shadd Maruna, Brendan Coyle and Brendan MarshChapter 11: The Circular Motions of Penal Politics and the Pervasive Irrationalities of Child Imprisonment - Barry GoldsonChapter 12: Community Safety and the Policing of Young People in Austere Times - Adam Edwards, Gordon Hughes and Rachel SwannChapter 13: Youth Transitions, Criminal Careers and Social Exclusion - Rob MacDonaldPART THREE: FUTURE DIRECTIONSChapter 14: Children’s Human Rights and Youth Justice with Integrity - Barry Goldson and John Muncie