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| Title: | Juvenile justice - Hot Topics series | |
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| Publisher: | Legal Information Access Centre (LIAC) | |
| Supplier: | Legal Information Access Centre (LIAC) | |
| Serial title: | Hot Topics 49 | |
| Date: | 2004 | |
| Pages: | 24 pages | |
| ISBN: | 13224301 | |
| Price: | $17.60 | |
| Description: | The 'juvenile justice system' is a term used to describe the way young people are treated in the criminal justice system. Over the past 25 years in Australia, juvenile justice has been the subject of extensive research and attention. The shift nationally has generally been away from the 'welfare model', which attributes youth crime to social, economic and psychological factors resulting in the need to protect young people, to the 'justice model', which calls to 'get tough on crime' from politicians and the media, and greater emphasis on punishment. At the same time, there is a move to a 'restorative justice model', associated with increased victims' rights and involving diversion of young people away from the traditional court system. | |
| Subjects: |
Children and Young People: Juvenile justice Crime and Offences: Juvenile justice |
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| Language: | English | |
| Availability: | At your public library | |
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