Desistance and Children: Critical Reflections from Theory, Research and Practice

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Desistance and Children

Critical Reflections from Theory, Research and Practice

Edited by: Tim Bateman , Claire Paterson-Young and Alexandra Wigzell

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2024

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Available open access digitally under CC BY-NC-ND licence. ‘Desistance’ - understanding how people move away from offending – has become a significant policy focus in recent years, with desistance thinking transplanted from the adult to the youth justice system in England and Wales. This book is the first to critique this approach to justice-involved children, many of whom are yet to fully develop an identity (criminal or otherwise) from which to ‘desist’. Featuring voices from academia, policy and practice, this book explores practical approaches to desistance with children in the ‘Child First’ context. It gives new insights into how children can be supported to move away from offending and proposes reforms to make a meaningful difference to children’s lives.

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Social Sciences Sociology Sociology, other

Front Matter Open Access Download PDF	i
Contents Open Access Download PDF	iii
List of figures and tables Open Access Download PDF	v
Notes on contributors Open Access Download PDF	vi
Acknowledgements Open Access Download PDF	xiv
Foreword Fergus McNeill Open Access Download PDF	xv
Desistance and children: setting the scene Alexandra Wigzell, Claire Paterson-Young and Tim Bateman Open Access Download PDF	1
Theoretical and conceptual perspectives on desistance and children
‘Child First’ and desistance Neal Hazel and Stephen Case Open Access Download PDF	37
Child time, adult time, fugitivity and desistance Diana Johns Open Access Download PDF	57
Should desistance thinking be applied to children in the criminal justice system? Ross Little and Kevin Haines Open Access Download PDF	73
The socio-structural dimensions of desistance
Young women and punishment within and beyond the penal system Gilly Sharpe Open Access Download PDF	97
Supporting girls in care to desist from offending behaviour Jo Staines, Julie Shaw, Katie Hunter and Claire Fitzpatrick Open Access Download PDF	112
Black and mixed-heritage boys: desistance through a co-creative Critical Race and postcolonial lens John Wainwright Open Access Download PDF	128
Growing in maturity, growing in faith, growing out of crime: the role of children’s and young people’s faith in desistance Tim Rosier Open Access Download PDF	147
The application of desistance thinking to children
Desistance approaches in youth justice: conceptualisations, barriers and enablers Kathy Hampson Open Access Download PDF	175
Summer Arts Colleges: using the arts to promote educational engagement and desistance Martin Stephenson Open Access Download PDF	194
Desistance through participatory practice: involving children in decision-making processes in youth justice Sean Creaney, Samantha Burns, Anne-Marie Douglas, Andrew Brierley and Colin Falconer Open Access Download PDF	212
Relationship-based work with children in the youth justice system Roberta Evans and Kirstine Szifris Open Access Download PDF	228
Through a youth justice practitioner’s lens: would a sentencing alternative to a criminal conviction be a small change with a big impact on children’s desistance? Steven Carr Open Access Download PDF	245
Innovative and theoretically informed intervention programmes for children who offend: The Compass Project Neema Trivedi-Bateman Open Access Download PDF	261
What next for desistance and youth justice? Alexandra Wigzell, Claire Paterson-Young and Tim Bateman Open Access Download PDF	277
Index Open Access Download PDF	290

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May 31, 2024

eBook ISBN:

9781447369127

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318

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9 Black and White

https://doi.org/10.56687/9781447369127

eBook ISBN: 9781447369127

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