Sociological criminology and youth justice: Comparative policy analysis and academic intervention

Criminology and Criminal Justice

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 211-230

  Goldson, Barry ^a   Hughes, Gordon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparative youth justice; Devolution; Human rights; Inter and intra system analyses; Policy; Public criminology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952402781     PISSN: 17488958     EISSN: 17488966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1748895810364460     Document Type: Article

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