Political, Structural, and Cultural Influences on England's Youth Offending Team Practices

Abstract

Using varied qualitative methodologies, this research examines England's youth offending teams (YOTs) as an organization to better understand the realities of the translation of restorative justice from policy to practice. Specifically, this research examines the political, structural, and cultural influences on one YOT as an organization, on its practitioners, and on the production of restorative practice. Examining the referral order, which comprises one quarter of all youth justice court disposals, a discernable impact in practice was observed in all cases throughout this research. The analysis from the present study shows that the triad of politics, structure, and culture has combined in a way that has strained the ability of the YOT organization to succeed and created a lethal atmosphere for restorative practices.

Transfer kaznene politike

“…Država samo povjerava pravo kažnjavanja, a "u konačnici, zatvori javnog i privatnog sektora jednako crpe svoje ovlasti iz prava". 65 Tim se prigovorom ipak nije riješilo pitanje iskrivljenih poticaja: korekcijska industrija profitira ili barem ostaje u poslu dok su zatvori popunjeni, a profit se u tom poslu, kao i u svakom drugom, može osigurati širenjem ili štednjom na standardu, s tim da "korisnici" zatvorske usluge ne mogu, ako su nezadovoljni uslugom, otići drugom ponuđaču. 66 Također, s obzirom na to da je riječ o kompanijama čije dionice fluktuiraju na tržištu, veća je vjerojatnost prikrivanja problema ili incidenta koji samom svojom pojavom u javnosti snižava vrijednost kompanije i slabi njezinu tržišnu poziciju.…”