The Politicization of Youth Crime in Scotland and the Rise of the ‘Burberry Court’

Youth Justice

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-59

  Piacentini, Laura ^a   Walters, Reece ^b  

^a University of Stirling ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

children's hearing; fast track; net widening; punitiveness; youth court pilot

Indexed keywords

EID: 40149106890     PISSN: 14732254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1473225406063451     Document Type: Article

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