All Outputs (3)

Experiencing youth justice and penality (2016)
Book Chapter
McAlister, S., & Carr, N. (2016). Experiencing youth justice and penality. In A. Furlong (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of Youth and Young Adulthood. Routledge

The double-bind: looked after children, care leavers, and criminal justice (2016)
Book Chapter
Carr, N., & McAlister, S. (2016). The double-bind: looked after children, care leavers, and criminal justice. In P. Mendes, & P. Snow (Eds.), Young people transitioning from care: international research policy and practice. Palgrave Macmillan

Research attention has focused on the reasons that lead young people from care to come into contact with the justice system at higher rates than young people within the general population. Findings from this literature can be distilled into three mai... Read More about The double-bind: looked after children, care leavers, and criminal justice.

Punishment, youth justice and cultural contingency: towards a balanced approach (2016)
Journal Article
Hamilton, C., Fitzgibbon, W., & Carr, N. (2016). Punishment, youth justice and cultural contingency: towards a balanced approach. Youth Justice, 16(3), 226-245. https://doi.org/10.1177/1473225415619500

Reflecting developments in the broader penological realm, accounts have been advanced over the last number of decades about a ‘punitive turn’ in the youth justice systems of Western democracies. Against the background of this work, this project seeks... Read More about Punishment, youth justice and cultural contingency: towards a balanced approach.