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'We now breach more kids in a week than we used to in a whole year': the punitive turn, enforcement and custody

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  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
    SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Abstract

The high rates of child incarceration that have characterized the youth justice system in England and Wales for almost two decades are frequently attributed to the impact of a punitive turn in the early part of the 1990s. While previous authors have considered the mediating influence of legislative shifts and changing patterns of sentencer decision-making, it has nonetheless been argued that analyses of the mechanisms that link punitivism and youth custody remain underdeveloped. The current article focuses on the role of enforcement as an indicator of changes in youth justice practitioner culture to explore how practice has become less tolerant in the face of a harsher environment towards children in conflict with the law.

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Research Output:
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Article
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Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 115

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

Youth Justice (Volume 11, Issue 2)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 21/05/2012

Publication status

Published - 21/05/2012

ISSN

1473-2254

Publication IDs

  • handle.net: 10547/224955
  • Scopus: 79960223159

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