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Law and order conservatism and youth justice: Outcomes and effects in Canada and England and Wales
Fox, Darrell
Fox, Darrell
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2015-06-15
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This paper explores how underlying law and order conservatism has shaped and defined youth justice policy in England and Wales and Canada. We argue that cultural and political influences affected implementation in ways which were initially unforeseen and therefore unconsidered. Our focus is twofold, on the intentions that drove the policy and practice changes and subsequently, on the negative consequences that emerged during implementation. We explore these with regard to the application of discretion and the paper considers the complexity of discretion and how neither, reducing or increasing it has led to simple or obviously predictable patterns. In addition, we apply Thompson's (2006) model of Anti- Oppressive Practice to consider how policies that were not intended to be oppressive and which were evidence based and informed by research and the policy community moved towards a law and order agenda.
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Fox, D. and Arnull, E. (2015) Law and order conservatism and youth justice: Outcomes and effects in Canada and England and Wales. British Journal of Community Justice, 13(2), pp. : 79-98.
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© 2015 Sheffield Hallam University. The published version can be accessed at the following link on the publisher’s website: https://mmuperu.co.uk/bjcj/
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1475-0279