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Even as restorative justice has captured the attention of justice practitioners, academics and communities worldwide and most research suggests that it has the potential to repair the harm of a criminal offense and reduce offending, there is also evidence that it can have no effect or even make things worse.

Conferencing and Restorative Justice: International Practices and Perspectives offers an analysis of conferencing practices around the world, examining the range of approaches to different types of crimes and offender age groups, and assessing their outcomes.

Conferencing and Restorative Justice: International Practices and Perspectives offers an analysis of conferencing practices around the world, examining the range of approaches to different types of crimes and offender age groups, and assessing their outcomes.

While the use of imprisonment continues to rise in developed nations, we have little sociological knowledge of the prison's inner world.

While the use of imprisonment continues to rise in developed nations, we have little sociological knowledge of the prison's inner world.

Why do certain people commit acts of crime?

Examining two overlapping aspects of the prison experience that, despite their central importance, have not attracted the scholarly attention they deserve, this book assesses both the degree to which prisoners can withstand the rigours of solitude and how they experience the passing of time.

Examining two overlapping aspects of the prison experience that, despite their central importance, have not attracted the scholarly attention they deserve, this book assesses both the degree to which prisoners can withstand the rigours of solitude and how they experience the passing of time.

The product of an 18 month empirical study which examined the use of restorative justice for hate crime in the United Kingdom, this book draws together theory and practice in order to examine the causes and consequences of hate crime victimisation.

The product of an 18 month empirical study which examined the use of restorative justice for hate crime in the United Kingdom, this book draws together theory and practice in order to examine the causes and consequences of hate crime victimisation.

Continuing previous work exploring why people stop offending, and the processes by which they are rehabilitated in the community, Criminal Careers in Transition: The Social Context of Desistance from Crime follows the completion of a fifth sweep of interviews with members of a cohort of former probationers interviewed since the late-1990s.

Continuing previous work exploring why people stop offending, and the processes by which they are rehabilitated in the community, Criminal Careers in Transition: The Social Context of Desistance from Crime follows the completion of a fifth sweep of interviews with members of a cohort of former probationers interviewed since the late-1990s.

The law relating to fitness to plead is an increasingly important area of the criminal law.

The law relating to fitness to plead is an increasingly important area of the criminal law.

In 2006, after a scandal that gripped the country, the British government began to transform its prison system.

In 2006, after a scandal that gripped the country, the British government began to transform its prison system.

In recent years European prison law and policy have emerged as a force to be reckoned with.

Developmental and life-course criminology are both concerned with the study of changes in offending and problem behaviors over time.

Smart Decarceration is a forward-thinking, practical volume that provides innovative concepts and concrete strategies for ushering in an era of decarceration -- a proactive and effective undoing of the era of mass incarceration.

Smart Decarceration is a forward-thinking, practical volume that provides innovative concepts and concrete strategies for ushering in an era of decarceration -- a proactive and effective undoing of the era of mass incarceration.

Legal socialization is the process by which children and adolescents acquire their law related values, attitudes, and reasoning capacities.

Legal socialization is the process by which children and adolescents acquire their law related values, attitudes, and reasoning capacities.

Punishment of offenders is one of the most universal features of human behavior.

Punishment of offenders is one of the most universal features of human behavior.

In 2003, when Terrence Graham was sixteen, he and three other teens attempted to rob a barbeque restaurant in Jacksonville, Florida.

In 2003, when Terrence Graham was sixteen, he and three other teens attempted to rob a barbeque restaurant in Jacksonville, Florida.

The Cycle of Juvenile Justice takes a historical look at juvenile justice policies in the United States.

In three parts, this volume in the AP-LS series explores the phenomena of captivity and risk management, guided and informed by the theory, method, and policy of psychological jurisprudence.

Scholars and policymakers increasingly call for evidence-based, prevention-oriented, and community-driven approaches to improve public health and reduce youth crime, substance use, and related problems.

Scholars and policymakers increasingly call for evidence-based, prevention-oriented, and community-driven approaches to improve public health and reduce youth crime, substance use, and related problems.

The press called Martin's actions a "e;crime spree.

Developmental and life-course criminology are both concerned with the study of changes in offending and problem behaviors over time.

After decades of rigorous study in the United States and across the Western world, a great deal is known about the early risk factors for offending.

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This book foregrounds the provision of education for young people who have been remanded or sentenced into custody.

This book deals with child soldiers' involvement in crimes under international law.

This full-colour textbook offers a fresh conceptual approach to understanding the intersections of crime, criminal justice and family life.

This second volume of Richard Jessor's influential works applies his groundbreaking theory to illuminating the psychosocial determinants of adolescent health.

Restorative practice is an innovative approach to thinking about, and addressing, conflict and bullying, as well as disruptive, challenging and criminal behaviour.

This book examines the use of violence by children and young people in family settings and proposes specialised and age-appropriate responses to these children and young people It interrogates the adequacy and effectiveness of current service and justice system responses, including analysis of police, court and specialist service responses.

The phenomenon of child trafficking holds a unique position as an issue of significant contemporary relevance, occupying a principal place in debates about human rights today.

This book foregrounds the provision of education for young people who have been remanded or sentenced into custody.

This text reference provides state-of-the-art information on juvenile firesetters and reviews the current research on youthful firesetters and arsonists.

This book adds to global knowledge of pathways out of crime (desistance) by exploring the desistance narratives of 15 women with histories of imprisonment in Aotearoa New Zealand (10 of whom identify as Maori, New Zealand's Indigenous population).

First published in 1965, the original blurb reads: "e;At the present time more and more public interest centres on crime, prison and prisoners, and the prison population in this country now exceeds 24, 000.

Based on a comprehensive study of three counties in Texas, this work examines the idea of differential handling of minority youth offenders.

This book addresses domestic abuse and stalking among young people in the UK and Ireland, with a focus on intersectionality and lifestyle settings.

This book addresses domestic abuse and stalking among young people in the UK and Ireland, with a focus on intersectionality and lifestyle settings.

Elizabeth Glover had a wide knowledge of Club work, to which she gave seven years' service at the beginning of her career.

This book examines the nature, prevention, and treatment of violence within families.