Youth Justice: Theory & Practice

Jane Pickford, LLB (Hon), LLM, Cert, Ed, Dip Social Work, is Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of East London.

'Each essay offers a new twist,a different angle, the possibility of seeing things differently. What emerges is a refreshing and informative set of essays that keep

• Introduction: A New Youth Justice for a New Century?. Visualising the Justice of the Youth Justice System: Perspectives at the Century's End. Youth Crime, Excitement and Consumer Culture: The Reconstruction of Aetiology in Contemporary Theoretical Criminology. Abolishing the Presumption of Doli Incapax: Reflections on the Death of a Doctrine. Magistrates in the Youth Court: Teaching Old 'Beaks' New Tricks. Bringing Rights all the way Home: Some Issues of Law and Policy in International Law and Juvenile Justice. Youth Culture, Drugs and Criminality. Practical Implications of the Crime and Disorder Act for Youth Offending Teams - A Youth Offending Team's Perspective. Youth Justice in Scotland. An English Magistrate's view of Scottish Youth Justice. Policing Youth Crime: Picking up the Bill for our Kids? In the Country of the Blind: Youth Studies and Cultural Studies in Britain. Alternative Sanctions: An American Experiment Incorporating Youth Rights - An Approach for the 21st Century