Evidence based policy and practice in youth justice / [edited by] Anna Stewart, Troy Allard [and] Susan Dennison

Annandale, N.S.W. : Federation Press, 2011.

1st edition

79680

Juvenile justice, Administration of -- Australia.

Juvenile corrections -- Australia.

Juvenile delinquents -- Australia.

Problem youth -- Australia.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Evidence based policy and practice in youth justice - an overview

Understanding the youth justice system

Indigenous young people and the justice system - establishing an evidence base

Developmental and life-course criminology - theories, research and policy implications

Crime-prone communities

Preventing the onset of offending

Situational approaches to juvenile justice

Assessing risk of reoffending

Preventing reoffending - evidence based rehabilitative programs and interventions

Responding to offending - youth justice system responses

Establishing an evidence base - program evaluation

Establishing an evidence base - economic analysis

Establishing an evidence base - transforming administrative date into evidence

From evidence to policy and practice in youth justice.

Table of contents and index are taken from the published work with the permission of the publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9781862878457

xv, 255 p. : ill. ; 24 cm