Download or read book Youth Crime and Violence in the Caribbean written by Sherill V. C. Morris-Francis and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2024-01-04 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This compilation of works highlights the historical, economic, and human dynamics behind youth offending in the nations of the West Indies. Youth Crime and Violence in the Caribbean offers insights into the slow rate of system change yet leaves readers with an optimistic picture of possibilities. Recent events in Haiti and neighboring Venezuela demonstrate how quickly dynamics in the Caribbean area can shift if crime is not addressed and people increasingly disengage from systems in a manner that allows despots to rise to power. When this happens, the impacts are not localized.
Download or read book Juvenile Justice in Global Perspective written by Franklin E. Zimring and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2017-05 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a comparison of criminal justice and juvenile justice systems across the world, looking for points of comparison and policy variance that can lead to positive change in the United States. Contributors discuss important issues such as the relationship between political change and juvenile justice, the common labels used to unify juvenile systems in different regions and in different forms of government, the types of juvenile systems that exist and how they differ, and more. Furthermore, they use data on criminal versus juvenile justice in a wide variety of nations to create a new explanation of why separate juvenile and criminal courts are felt to be necessary. --From publisher description.
Download or read book Latin American Social Work in the Justice System written by Claudia Reyes-Quilodrán and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-06-28 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social work has long been working directly with the criminal and civil courts of the justice system. The work of Latin American practitioners in the legal system, however, is little known at global and local levels. This book is the first to go beyond Western-centric appraisals and presents a truly Latin American portrait of social work in the justice system. The long-term interaction of social work practitioners with the judicial system enabled them to develop an expertise to dialogue with other disciplines such as law and psychology. This knowledge is very important to identify and share with other professionals to develop specialized programs for education and training. In this sense, positive and negative experiences of social work in the justice system allow one to improve its practice. It is crucial to identify local experiences and the great dilemmas that the profession faces on this subject. The volume's chapters deal with these dynamics in Latin American countries including: Forensic Social Work: The construction of possible ways of the criminal intervention Socio-Legal Social Work in the Field of Criminal Defense Family and Community Life: Contributions of Social Work to the Debate in Family Courts Support to Victims in High-conflict Scenarios: An approach from the socio-legal, the pedagogical, and the care perspectives The Assessment of Child and Adolescent Sexual Abuse Allegations from a Social Work Perspective Latin American Social Work in the Justice System is essential reading for students, researchers, academicians, policymakers, and practitioners who are interested in international social work with a special focus on Latin American countries and legal culture. Students and scholars in law, development studies, and public policy as well as psychologists working with and interested in the judicial system would also find this book a useful resource.
Download or read book International Handbook of Juvenile Justice written by Scott H Decker and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-20 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive reference work presents an in-depth analysis of juvenile justice systems across the world. The second edition of this Handbook has been updated with 13 new chapters, now covering a total of 34 countries, across North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East from an international and comparative perspective. The International Handbook of Juvenile Justice is the result of research conducted by a group of outstanding scholars working in the field of juvenile justice. It reflects a collective concern about trends in juvenile justice over the past two decades, trends that have begun to blur the difference between criminal and juvenile justice. Also new to the second edition, each chapter is formatted to increase the comparative aspect of the book, highlighting: · The legal status of juveniles · Age of majority · The country’s stance toward the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child · Trends in juvenile crime over the period 2004-2014 · Causes of juvenile crime · Policing and juveniles · Courts and juveniles · Custodial rules for juveniles (detention, prison, mixing juveniles with adults) · Alternative sanctions for juveniles: home confinement, restorative justice, restitution, etc. · Differences in treatment of boys and girls This seminal work highlights similarities and differences between the various systems, and will be an important reference for researchers in criminology and criminal justice, particularly interested in juvenile delinquency and youth crime, as well as related disciplines like sociology, social work, and public policy.
Download or read book Violence Against Children in the Criminal Justice System written by Wendy O'Brien and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-09-11 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children who come into conflict with the law are more likely to have experienced violence or adversity than their non-offending peers. Exacerbating the deleterious effects of this childhood trauma, children’s contact with the criminal justice system poses undue risks of physical, sexual, and psychological violence. This book examines the specific forms of violence that children experience through their contact with the criminal justice system. Comprising contributions from leading scholars and practitioners in children’s rights and youth justice, this book profiles evidence-based prevention strategies and case studies from around the world. It illustrates the diversity of contexts in which various forms of violence against children unfold and advances knowledge about both the nature and extent of violence against children in criminal justice settings, and the specific situational factors that contribute to, or inhibit, the successful implementation of violence prevention strategies. It demonstrates that specialised child justice systems, in which children’s rights are upheld, are crucial in preventing the violence inherent to conventional criminal justice regimes. Written in a clear and accessible style, this book will be of interest to students and researchers engaged in studies of criminology and criminal justice, youth justice, victimology, crime prevention, and children’s rights.
Download or read book Inter American Yearbook on Human Rights Anuario Interamericano de Derechos Humanos Volume 20 2004 written by Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-08-22 with total page 1509 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Research Handbook on Child Soldiers written by Mark A. Drumbl and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2019 with total page 563 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Child soldiers remain poorly understood and inadequately protected, despite significant media attention and many policy initiatives. This Research Handbook aims to redress this troubling gap. It offers a reflective, fresh and nuanced review of the complex issue of child soldiering. The Handbook brings together scholars from six continents, diverse experiences, and a broad range of disciplines. Along the way, it unpacks the life-cycle of youth and militarization: from recruitment to demobilization to return to civilian life. The overarching aim of the Handbook is to render the invisible visible – the contributions map the unmapped and chart new directions. Challenging prevailing assumptions and conceptions, the Research Handbook on Child Soldiers focuses on adversity but also capacity: emphasising the resilience, humanity, and potentiality of children affected (rather than ‘afflicted’) by armed conflict.
Download or read book Geographies of Gendered Punishment written by Anastasia Chamberlen and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Contornos y pliegues del derecho written by and published by Anthropos Editorial. This book was released on 2006 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CONTENIDO: Filosofía del derecho y antropología jurídica - Sociología del control penal y problemas sociales - El sistema penal: historia, política (s) y controversias - Recuerdos y reflexiones en voz alta.
Download or read book Justicia penal para adolescentes written by Sofía M. Cobo Téllez and published by Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Penales. This book was released on 2019-09-30 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Esta obra aborda el cambio de paradigma de la justicia penal para adolescentes en México, a raíz de las reformas decretadas en la materia. La autora señala cómo se ha transitado de un modelo tutelar a uno garantista, mediante el Sistema Integral de Justicia Penal para Adolescentes (SIJPA). En particular, Sofía Cobo analiza la nueva Ley Nacional de Justicia para Adolescentes —promulgada en 2016— y enfatiza la importancia del principio de debido proceso en la administración de justicia en el nuevo modelo. Justicia penal para adolescentes es un libro que busca lectores que, luego de comprender el espíritu y alcances de la ley analizada, se sientan estimulados para convertirse en operadores del nuevo sistema, inspirados en la ética, el profesionalismo y, sobre todo, comprometidos con el trato digno y respetuoso que merecen los adolescentes.
Download or read book El Programa IPEC Y El Trabajo Infantil en Am rica Latina written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Multiple InJustices written by R. Aída Hernández Castillo and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2016-11-29 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: R. Aída Hernández Castillo synthesizes twenty-four years of research and activism among indigenous women's organizations in Latin America, offering a critical new contribution to the field of activist anthropology and for anyone interested in social justice.
Download or read book Rural Crime and Community Safety written by Vania A Ceccato and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-08-27 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crime is often perceived as an urban issue rather than a problem that occurs in rural areas, but how far is this view tenable? This book explores the relationship between crime and community in rural areas and addresses the notion of safety as part of the community dynamics in such areas. Rural Crime and Community Safety makes a significant contribution to crime science and integrates a range of theories to understand patterns of crime and perceived safety in rural contexts. Based on a wealth of original research, Ceccato combines spatial methods with qualitative analysis to examine, in detail, farm and wildlife crime, youth related crimes and gendered violence in rural settings. Making the most of the expanding field of Criminology and of the growing professional inquiry into crime and crime prevention in rural areas; rural development; and the social sustainability of rural areas, this book builds a bridge by connecting Criminology and Human Geography. This book will be suitable for academics, students and practitioners in the fields of criminology, community safety, rural studies, rural development and gender studies.
Download or read book Special Education International Perspectives written by Anthony F. Rotatori and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-26 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides an international perspective on special education issues. There is limited literature examining issues in special education from an international perspective, as such this volume will add considerably to the knowledge base across the globe.
Download or read book Los desaf os de la justicia para adolescentes en Am rica Latina written by Arturo Alvarado and published by El Colegio de Mexico AC. This book was released on 2022-06-08 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: En el transcurso de tres décadas, América Latina ha sido escenario de numerosas reformas a las instituciones de justicia, entre las cuales se encuentra el régimen especializado de adolescentes. La región navega entre dos corrientes: una que promueve los derechos humanos y un régimen garantista, y otra que impulsa políticas punitivas y criminaliza a la juventud. Este libro muestra qué son los sistemas de justicia para adolescentes y en qué medida promueven el reconocimiento de derechos humanos de niñas, niños y jóvenes, procuran la transformación de las conductas ilícitas y proporcionan alternativas de salida. Las autoras y autores comparan cuatro países (Brasil, Chile, México y Uruguay) con sistemas relativamente similares de tratamiento de adolescentes infractores, muestran los desafíos que enfrentan para implementarlo, así como el enorme lastre del pasado punitivo penalista reflejado en las leyes, las instituciones y el comportamiento de las autoridades judiciales y policiales. El panorama general presenta una imagen de un sistema de justicia para adolescentes inacabado y débil que no atiende plenamente los problemas de fondo. Las políticas públicas hacia este sector de la población siguen siendo marginales. En estas condiciones, la posibilidad de las adolescencias de acceder a la justicia seguirá siendo un magnífico reto en América Latina. El libro es resultado de una investigación financiada por el Fondo Conjunto de Cooperación México-Uruguay, de sus agencias nacionales: Agencia Mexicana de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AMEXCID) y Agencia Uruguaya de Cooperación Internacional (AUCI), y de la colaboración de la Universidad de la República y El Colegio de México.
Download or read book Compendium of United Nations Standards and Norms in Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice written by Centre for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs (United Nations) and published by New York : United Nations. This book was released on 1992 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part Two. HUMAN RIGHTS