15 research outputs found
Challenging the Logics of Reformism and Humanism in Juvenile Justice Rhetoric
This article draws on contemporary policy discourse in order to advance claims about the intractable figure of the âbadâ child in contemporary juvenile justice reforms in the United States (US). The article focuses in particular on the discourses of trauma and âbrain scienceâ to point to a form of neo-positivism that has arguably emerged and which challenges efforts to engage in systematic decarceration. The article also focuses on the idea of the âbad childâ that persists in the commitment of some reformers to the necessity of confinement for some children. The article questions the extent to which new forms of positivism challenge our ability to leverage structural claims
What factors contribute to the perceived success of employment centres outside of the CBD : case study: University Hill, Bundoora
Thesis (MUP) -- University of Melbourne, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, 201