A. E.Bottoms

B.Whyte

K.Bloomer

K.Marshall

P.Moss

P.Raynor

S.Brown

T.Ward

Social work in youth justice is directed by international standards based on an implied socio-educative paradigm that conflicts with the dominant criminal justice paradigm in operation in most jurisdictions. This creates global challenges in establishing “child-centred” policy and practice for dealing with young people under the age of 18 years in conflict with the law. Social work practitioners, directed by international imperatives and professional ethics, operate between shifting and often conflicting paradigms. It is essential they are familiar with international obligations and operate as “culture carriers” providing an ongoing challenge to systems of youth justice. This chapter examines these issues and, in the absence of consensus or of a shared paradigm for social work practice across jurisdictions, considers what a socio-educative paradigm for practice might look like.</jats:p

Bill Whyte

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Social Work and Youth Justice in a Global Context

Social Work and Youth Justice in a Global Context

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