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

Goldson, Barry

doi:10.1177/1748895809360964

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“…Ellison and Smyth, 2000;Gormally et al, 1993;Tomlinson, 2012) A great deal of literature has focussed on the developments in the youth justice system in England throughout the 1990s, which were marked by policy hyperactivity that brought greater numbers of young people into the system (e.g. Goldson, 2010).…”

Section: Legacies Of the Past Influences On The Present Nicola Carr mentioning

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Youth Justice in Ireland North and South: Legacies of the Past, Influences on the Present

Carr¹,

McAlister²

2014

Youth Justice

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Youth justice systems and practices in Ireland have traditionally been shaped by the sociopolitical context, impacted by religious and moral imperatives and prolonged political conflict. The criminal justice systems and the response to children and young people in conflict with the law in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland have common antecedents and many shared historical legacies -including a shared legislative framework (Children Act 1908) and the reformatory and industrial school system (which has been the subject of recent historic inquiry on both sides of the border).Partition under the Government of Ireland Act (1920) ultimately led to the establishment of two separate jurisdictions. In what was to eventually become the Republic of Ireland, there was a significant period of stagnation in criminal justice policy particularly in the sphere of youth justice, with new legislation to replace the 1908 Act only introduced in 2001 (Children Act 2001). The history of 'coercive confinement' in the Republic of Ireland, marked by high rates of child and youth incarceration and the longevity of the institutional template, have been documented O'Donnell, 2007, 2012). The emergence of a children's rights discourse, particularly in the context of the unearthing of wide scale abuse within state institutions, has had a profound effect on official discourse and the policy response to young people in conflict with the law (Kilkelly, 2006).The development of the state response to young people in conflict with the law within Northern Ireland has broader parallels with other UK jurisdictions (particularly England and Wales) up until the 1960s, but is overlaid by the subsequent security/criminal justice response to civil and political conflict from this period onwards. The effects of the conflict in Northern Ireland on the criminal justice system, including the co-option of the agencies within the system to manage and contain it, has been the subject of a wide literature (e.g.

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Section: Legacies Of the Past Influences On The Present Nicola Carr mentioning

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Youth Justice in Ireland North and South: Legacies of the Past, Influences on the Present

Carr¹,

McAlister²

2014

Youth Justice

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“…Yet the government appears to be pursuing policies that appear to be diametrically opposed to the evidence presented. This is not a new phenomenon as Goldson (2010) noted in relation to youth justice.…”

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Probation Journal

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This article takes an historical perspective, drawing on personal practice in the 1970s and 1980s, research and consultancy in the 1990s and 2000s, in exploring a long history of probation engagement with their local communities. That this history has never been fully embedded in every practitioner's everyday practice, and indeed it could be said is no longer seen as axiomatic that probation should be so engaged, will be dissected and analysed. It will be suggested that recent practice focusing more on risk management and public protection has potentially alienated practitioners from the communities they serve. This article concludes with suggestions as to how probation practitioners can re-engage with their community, drawing on recent theoretical and policy developments in partnerships, community and restorative justice and theories of desistance.

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“…The 'resignation' of some young people to offend given constrained opportunities as a result of criminal justice contact, in particular, further emphasised the negative impact of labelling processes which hold young people back from moves towards desistance. Goldson (2010) has similarly highlighted these counter-productive tendencies suggesting the complete removal of the child from the criminal justice system: Perhaps removing children and young people from the reach of the youth justice system altogether, by significantly raising the age of criminal responsibility, comprises the most effective diversionary strategy (Goldson, 2010: 163).…”

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Young People’s Offending Careers and Criminal Justice Contact: A Case for Social Justice

Corr¹

2014

Youth Justice

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This article draws on an analysis of young people's offending careers. The research was initiated against a backdrop of changing discourse around youth justice in Ireland with a shift towards prevention of offending and diversion from the criminal justice system. Locating crime and criminal justice contact within a biographical context indicated that participants' offending, and lives generally, was bound up in marginalised transitions to adulthood, and embedded within social and economic environments characterised by high deprivation. The findings support a further shift in focus towards addressing social injustice as a necessary prerequisite to tackle the origins of youth offending.

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

Cited by 55 publications

References 48 publications

Youth Justice in Ireland North and South: Legacies of the Past, Influences on the Present

Youth Justice in Ireland North and South: Legacies of the Past, Influences on the Present

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Young People’s Offending Careers and Criminal Justice Contact: A Case for Social Justice

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