Olga Petintseva is a post-doctoral researcher at Ghent University, Belgium. Her research interests are located at the intersection of critical criminology, migration studies and linguistics. She is particularly interested in how migration impacts or becomes centred out in ‘domestic’ institutions, which are not structurally accustomed to mobility and diversity (e.g. criminal justice).

• Foreword.- Prologue.- Introduction.- Chapter 1. Working premises and methods: Discriminatory practices of youth justice as epistemology.- Chapter 2. War torn children and criminal vagabonds.- Chapter 3. Age, agency, responsibility.- Chapter 4. Living up to ‘good family’ ideals.- Chapter 5. The significance of school-based reports.- Chapter 6. Discursive harms.- Chapter 7. Practicing youth protection.- Conclusions.

Olga Petintseva is a post-doctoral researcher at Ghent University, Belgium. Her research interests are located at the intersection of critical criminology, migration studies and linguistics. She is particularly interested in how migration impacts or becomes centred out in ‘domestic’ institutions, which are not structurally accustomed to mobility and diversity (e.g. criminal justice).

• Foreword.- Prologue.- Introduction.- Chapter 1. Working premises and methods: Discriminatory practices of youth justice as epistemology.- Chapter 2. War torn children and criminal vagabonds.- Chapter 3. Age, agency, responsibility.- Chapter 4. Living up to ‘good family’ ideals.- Chapter 5. The significance of school-based reports.- Chapter 6. Discursive harms.- Chapter 7. Practicing youth protection.- Conclusions.

Olga Petintseva is a post-doctoral researcher at Ghent University, Belgium. Her research interests are located at the intersection of critical criminology, migration studies and linguistics. She is particularly interested in how migration impacts or becomes centred out in ‘domestic’ institutions, which are not structurally accustomed to mobility and diversity (e.g. criminal justice).

• Foreword.- Prologue.- Introduction.- Chapter 1. Working premises and methods: Discriminatory practices of youth justice as epistemology.- Chapter 2. War torn children and criminal vagabonds.- Chapter 3. Age, agency, responsibility.- Chapter 4. Living up to ‘good family’ ideals.- Chapter 5. The significance of school-based reports.- Chapter 6. Discursive harms.- Chapter 7. Practicing youth protection.- Conclusions.