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Comparative Youth Justice

Comparative Youth Justice

John Muncie | Barry Goldson

(2006)

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'In this pathbreaking volume Muncie and Goldson bring together leading authors to examine and compare youth justice systems around the world. Comparative Youth Justice will be of interest to all criminologists concerned with comparative penal policy and will be essential to all scholars of youth justice' - Professor Tim Newburn, London School of Economics and Political Science and President of the British Society of Criminology

'Comparative Youth Justice is what we need in an era of hardening social policies and irresponsible political demagoguery: thoughtful critiques, comparative analysis, and a commitment to the rights of youth. John Muncie and Barry Goldson have done a fine job of bringing together a group of commentators who know the inner workings of juvenile justice and what it will take to change the current law and order model. A book that is required reading for practitioners, professors, policy makers, researchers, and students concerned about the bankrupt state of juvenile justice and willing to consider new ideas and directions' - Tony Platt, California State University, Sacramento

With contributions from leading commentators from 13 different countries, this carefully integrated edited collection comprises the most authoritive comparative analysis of international youth justice currently available.

However, Comparative Youth Justice is not simply an attempt to document national similarities and differences, but looks critically at how global trends are translated at the local level. This book also examines how youth justice is implemented in practice with a view to promoting change as well as reflection.

Each chapter addresses key critical issues:

- the degree of compliance with international law;

- the extent of repenalistion;

- adulteration;

- tolerance;

- the impact of experiments in restoration and risk management.

This book is designed as a companion volume to Youth Crime and Justice, edited by Barry Goldson and John Muncie, published simultaneously by SAGE Publications.

'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 what we need in an era of hardening social policies and irresponsible political demagoguery: thoughtful critiques, comparative analysis, and a commitment to the rights of youth. John Muncie and Barry Goldson have done a fine job of bringing together a group of commentators who know the inner workings of juvenile justice and what it will take to change the current law and order model. A book that is required reading for practitioners, professors, policy makers, researchers, and students concerned about the bankrupt state of juvenile justice and willing to consider new ideas and directions' - Tony Platt, California State University, Sacramento

Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
Preface
Deborah Eade
Realising the potential of agroforestry: integrating research and development to achieve greater impact
Glenn L. Denning
Participatory design of agroforestry systems: developing farmer participatory research methods in Mexico
Jeremy Haggar, Alejandro Ayala, Blanca Diaz, and Carlos Uc Reyes
Participatory domestication of agroforestry trees: an example from the Peruvian Amazon
John C. Weber, Carmen Sotelo Montes, Hector Vidaurre, Ian K. Dawson, and Anthony J. Simons
Facilitating the wider use of agroforestry for development in southern Africa
Andreas Bohringer
Scaling up participatory agroforestry extension in Kenya: from pilot projects to extension policy
T.M. Anyonge, Christine Holding, K. K. Kareko, and J. W. Kimani
More effective natural resource management through democratically elected, decentralised government structures in Uganda
Thomas Raussen, Geoffrey Ebong, and Jimmy Musiime
On-farm testing and dissemination of agroforestry among slash-and-burn farmers in Nagaland, India
Merle D. Faminow, K. K. Klein, and Project Operations Unit
Scaling up the use of fodder shrubs in central Kenya
Charles Wambugu, Steven Franzel, Paul Tuwei, and George Karanja
The Landcare experience in the Philippines: technical and institutional innovations for conservation farming
Agustin R. Mercado, Jr., Marcelino Patindol, and Dennis P. Garrity
Scaling up adoption and impact of agroforestry technologies: experiences from western Kenya
Qureish Noordin, Amadou Niang, Bashir Jama, andMary Nyasimi
Scaling up the benefits of agroforestry research: lessons learned and research challenges
Steven Franzel, Peter Cooper, and Glenn L. Denning
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