Cunneen, Chris (2017) Young people and juvenile justice. In: Young, Lisa, Kenny, Mary Anne, and Monahan, Geoffrey, (eds.) Children and the Law in Australia. Lexis Nexis Butterworths, Chatswood, Vic, pp. 177-194.

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Abstract

[Extract] The purpose of this chapter is to provide a broad overview of the relationship between young people and juvenile justice in Australia. It is appropriate to begin by delineating what we understand as 'juvenile justice' or the 'juvenile justice system'.

We often talk about the 'juvenile justice system' as if there is a system that is, to a greater or lesser extent, coherent in terms of law, policy or practices. In a formal sense, there certainly is a body of legislation and regulations that govern interactions between criminal justice institutions and young people of a certain age. However, it would be simplistic to imagine that there are no competing interests in the way various juvenile justice agencies - particularly the departments of juvenile justice, the police and the courts - deal with young people.

Item ID:	48075
Item Type:	Book Chapter (Later Edition)
ISBN:	978-0-409-34202-4
Additional Information:	1st edition of this chapter can be found in ResearchOnline@JCU record #15452.
Date Deposited:	03 May 2018 23:51
FoR Codes:	18 LAW AND LEGAL STUDIES > 1801 Law > 180101 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Law @ 20% 18 LAW AND LEGAL STUDIES > 1801 Law > 180102 Access to Justice @ 40% 18 LAW AND LEGAL STUDIES > 1801 Law > 180120 Legal Institutions (incl Courts and Justice Systems) @ 40%
SEO Codes:	94 LAW, POLITICS AND COMMUNITY SERVICES > 9404 Justice and the Law > 940403 Criminal Justice @ 50% 94 LAW, POLITICS AND COMMUNITY SERVICES > 9404 Justice and the Law > 940499 Justice and the Law not elsewhere classified @ 50%
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