Youth Justice

This book provides a comprehensive and critical introduction to youth justice in England and Wales, offering a balanced evaluation of its development, rationale, nature and evidence base. It explores the evolution of definitions and explanations of youth offending and examines the responses to it that constitute youth justice

Stephen Case is a professor of criminology and Director of Studies in the Department of Social Sciences at Loughborough University, UK. He has conducted large-scale funded research projects for the Nuffield Foundation, the Leverhulme Trust, the Youth Justice Board, the National Institute for Social Care and Health Research, the Economic and Social Research Council and the Welsh Government.