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NAYJ Justice for Children in Trouble. The Changing Face of Youth Justice April 2012 ‘Introductory remarks’ Professor Barry Goldson. Youth justice is ever changing (1) 18 years ago - Barry Goldson, 1994. Youth justice is ever changing (2) 18 years ago - Barry Goldson, 1994. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The Changing Face of Youth Justice
Apr i l 2012
‘ Introductory remarks ’
P r o fe s s o r B a r r y G o l d s o n
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Youth justice is ever changing (1) 18 years ago - Barry Goldson, 1994
Professor Barry Goldson - 'Introductory Remarks' - NAYJ 2012
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Youth justice is ever changing (2)18 years ago - Barry Goldson, 1994
Professor Barry Goldson - 'Introductory Remarks' - NAYJ 2012
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‘Social Work with Young People in Trouble: Memory and Prospect’13 years ago - David Smith, 1999
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New Labour Governments (1997 – 2010)
‘England now comprises one of the most punitive youth justice sites in the western world’Goldson, B. (2010) ‘The sleep of (criminological) reason: knowledge-policy rupture and New Labour’s youth justice legacy’, Criminology and Criminal Justice, 10(2): 155-178
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A timely opportunity to reflect upon ‘where we are’ and to ask ‘where are we going’ and/or ‘what prospects youth justice’?
1. Coalition government – May 20102. The impact of ‘austerity’ and profound social
rupture/polarisation 3. Silent silencing, acquiescence and incorporation4. The ‘renewal’ of the NAYJ
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The future for youth justice? Knowledge/evidence and imagination
Professor Barry Goldson - 'Introductory Remarks' - NAYJ 2012
‘I sometimes feel I am right, but do not know it… I'm enough of an artist to draw freely on my imagination, which I think is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world’
Albert Einstein, 1929