Still Children First? Developments in Youth Justice in Wales

Cross, Noel; Evans, Jonathan; Minkes, John

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“…On another level it is reflected in the haphazard implementation of national legislation and youth justice standards in different localities (Holdaway et al, 2001). Indeed Cross et al (2003) have begun to detect divergences between policy and practice in Wales and in England. Significantly the Welsh Assembly decided to locate youth justice services in the portfolio of Health and Social Services rather than Crime Prevention thus prioritising a 'children first' rather than an 'offender first' (as in England) philosophy.…”

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The globalization of crime control—the case of youth and juvenile justice

Muncie

2005

Theoretical Criminology

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The concept of globalisation has gradually permeated criminology, but more so as applied to transnational organised crime, international terrorism and policing than in addressing processes of criminal justice reform. So how useful is it in understanding contemporary transformations in systems of youth and juvenile justice? Until the 1970s juvenile justice, was dominated by an entrenched series of debates circulating around the often-nebulous opposition of welfare and punishment. Since then neoliberal assaults on the social logics of the welfare state and public provision, particularly in Britain, USA, Canada and Australasia, have brought profound shifts in economic, social and political relations associated with the 'free market'. In their wake have emerged a renewed penalisation of young people and an emphasis on enforcing individual, family and community responsibility. Simultaneously many jurisdictions worldwide have begun to experiment with restorative justice and the prospect of rehabilitation through mediation. Widely ratified international directives, epitomised by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, have also begun to stress the importance of incorporating a rights consciousness into juvenile justice reform. These diverse trajectories in retribution, responsibility, restoration and rights have created a particularly complex contemporary landscape of youth governance. The concept of globalisation draws attention to the impact that these competing transformations have had on processes of policy and legal convergence. Based on a wide range of bibliographic and web resources, this article assesses the extent to which it is now possible to talk of a global juvenile/youth justice or whether persistent national and local divergences, together with the contradictions of contemporary reform, preclude any aspiration for the delivery of a universal and consensual product.

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Section: Local Contingencies and Resistancesmentioning

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The globalization of crime control—the case of youth and juvenile justice

Muncie

2005

Theoretical Criminology

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“…The new National Assembly for Wales (NAW) used this opportunity to develop a distinct approach to youth justice, locating the services within the Health and Social Services portfolio and not Crime Prevention and Community Safety in the HO as in England. This was ‘a decision made with the conscious intention of promoting a child-centred ethos in the Youth Offending Teams (YOTs)’ (Cross et al , 2002: 153) and indicates the future divergence of policy between the two countries. This area of policy was later subsumed into Wales’ Extending Entitlement through the All Wales Youth Offending Strategy, with the belief that ‘youth offending might be prevented through the more effective extending of entitlement’ (Williamson, 2007: 208).…”

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A Comparison of Youth Policy in England and Wales under New Labour

King¹

2015

Social Policy & Society

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Although there has been a divergence in the development of youth policy across the UK, no country comparisons have been undertaken and a gap exists in the literature. This article focuses on the emergence of youth policy in England and Wales under New Labour (1997–2010), providing a cross-national comparison of policy developments in both countries. It critically explores the impact of the context for policy development and the policy content of both countries' key youth policies. The research found significant differences between the two, despite their common goals, with implications for future policy makers. This article identifies these differences, and the key similarities, providing a theoretical understanding of them and indicating lessons to inform future youth policy.

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“…of political devolution are serving increasingly to define and distinguish discrete approaches to youth justice in both England and Wales in ways that appear to undermine the notion of a unified and monolithic jurisdiction (see, for example, Cross et al, 2002;Haines, 2009;Hughes et al, 2009;Drakeford, this issue;Goldson and Hughes, this issue). Accordingly, the primary focus here centres on the youth justice system in England.…”

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The sleep of (criminological) reason: Knowledge—policy rupture and New Labour’s youth justice legacy

Goldson

2010

Criminology & Criminal Justice

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For over a decade, three successive New Labour administrations have subjected the English youth justice system to a seemingly endless sequence of reforms. At the root of such activity lies a core tension between measured reason and punitive emotion; between an expressed commitment to ‘evidence-based policy’ and a populist rhetoric of ‘tough’ correctionalism. By engaging a detailed analytical assessment of New Labour’s youth justice programme, this article advances an argument that the trajectory of policy has ultimately moved in a diametrically opposed direction to the route signalled by research-based knowledge and practice-based evidence. Moreover, such knowledge— policy rupture has produced a youth justice system that ultimately comprises a conduit of social harm. All of this raises serious questions of knowledge/evidence—policy relations and, more fundamentally, of democracy, power and accountability.

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Still Children First? Developments in Youth Justice in Wales

Cited by 12 publications

References 10 publications

The globalization of crime control—the case of youth and juvenile justice

The globalization of crime control—the case of youth and juvenile justice

A Comparison of Youth Policy in England and Wales under New Labour

The sleep of (criminological) reason: Knowledge—policy rupture and New Labour’s youth justice legacy

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