Rediscovering the juvenile justice ideal in the United States / Barry Krisberg -- Canada : repenalization and young offenders' rights / Russell Smandych -- England and Wales : the new correctionalism / John Muncie and Barry Goldson -- France : the politicization of youth justice / Sophie Gendrot -- The Netherlands : penal welfarism and risk management / Jolande uit Beijerse and René van Swaaningen -- Demythologising youth justice in Aotearoa/New Zealand / Trevor Bradley, Juan Tauri and Reece Walters -- Australia : control, containment or empowerment? / Chris Cunneen and Rob White -- Belgium : from protection towards accountability? / Johan Put and Lode Walgrave -- Welfare in crisis? Key developments in Scottish youth justice / Lesley McAra -- Japan : from child protection to penal populism / Mark Fenwick -- Italy : a lesson in tolerance? / David Nelken -- Finland : a model of tolerance? / Tapio Lappi-Seppälä -- States of transition : convergence and diversity in international youth justice / John Muncie and Barry Goldson.
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This is a brilliant set of edited volumes that will be an indispensable and timely source of information and analysis for anyone with an interest in issues of youth justice and comparative criminology. . David A. Green, Oxford University. Comparative Youth Justice is the first book to critically reflect on contemporary juvenile justice reform in England and Wales and across various other western jurisdictions (the US, Canada, France, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Australia, Belgium, Scotland, Japan, Italy and Finland). In doing so, it identifies major international differences in juvenile poli.