Risks, rights and justice: Understanding and responding to Youth risk

Youth Justice

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-37

  Kemshall, Hazel ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Responsibilization; Rights; Risk; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 40149084483     PISSN: 14732254     EISSN: 17476283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1473225407087040     Document Type: Review

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