Oxford LibGuides: Criminal law: Juvenile justice

Prevention

Juvenile delinquency -- Prevention
Gang prevention
Peer pressure

Why Children Follow Rules : legal socialization and the development of legitimacy by Tom R. Tyler; Rick Trinker Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this online via title link.
Legal socialization is the process by which children and adolescents acquire their law related values, attitudes, and reasoning capacities. Such values and attitudes, in particular legitimacy, underlie the ability and willingness to consent to laws and defer to legal authorities that makelegitimacy based legal systems possible. By age eighteen a person's orientation toward law is largely established, yet legal scholarship has largely ignored this process in favor of studying adults and their relationship to the law. Why Children Follow Rules focuses upon legal socialization outlining what is known about the process across three related, but distinct, contexts: the family, the school, and the juvenile justice system. Throughout, Tom Tyler and Rick Trinkner emphasize the degree to which individuals develop theirorientations toward law and legal authority upon values connected to responsibility and obligation as opposed to fear of punishment. They argue that authorities can act in ways that internalize legal values and promote supportive attitudes. In particular, consensual legal authority is linked tothree issues: how authorities make decisions, how they treat people, and whether they recognize the boundaries of their authority. When individuals experience authority that is fair, respectful, and aware of the limits of power, they are more likely to consent and follow directives. Despite clear evidence showing the benefits of consensual authority, strong pressures and popular support for the exercise of authority based on dominance and force persist in America's families, schools, and within the juvenile justice system. As the currently low levels of public trust andconfidence in the police, the courts, and the law undermine the effectiveness of our legal system, Tom Tyler and Rick Trinkner point to alternative way to foster the popular legitimacy of the law in an era of mistrust.
Call Number: Jurisp 510 T984.4c
ISBN: 9780190644147
Publication Date: 2018

Texts: Youth Crime and Justice

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Juvenile delinquency
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Juvenile recidivists

Defending Young People in the Criminal Justice System by Mark Ashford; Alex Chard; Naomi Redhouse; Legal Action Group Staff (Contribution by)
Call Number: KM590.ASH 2006
ISBN: 1903307341
Publication Date: (3rd ed 2006)
Review of the youth justice system in England and Wales by Taylor, Charlie, 1965
Call Number: O.Pp. Eng. (Cm 9298 2016-17)
ISBN: 1474134874
Publication Date: 2017
Command Paper. Cm (Series) (Great Britain. Parliament) ; 9298. Also available as a free download via link
The Handbook of Juvenile Delinquency and Juvenile Justice by Marvin D. Krohn (Editor); Jodi Lane (Editor)
Call Number: Crim 700 K93.5a
ISBN: 9781118513170
Publication Date: 2015
Young Offenders by Mark Halsey; Simone Deegan
Call Number: Crim 720 H196.5a
ISBN: 9781137411211
Publication Date: 2015
Youth Crime and Justice by Barry Goldson; John Muncie
Call Number: Crim 700 G623d2
ISBN: 9781446210826
Publication Date: 2015

Children

Rook & Ward on Sexual Offences - holders of an Oxford SSO can access current edition via our Westlaw UK subscription. This includes chapters: 3 - Offences Against Children Under 13, 4 - Child Sex Offences, 5 - Abuse of Position of Trust, 6 - Familial Sex Offences, 8 - Indecent Photographs of Children, 9 - Offences of Child Abduction, and 10 - Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adults.

Westlaw books
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UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
Free resource. Full Text. ARTICLE 40: Administration of Juvenile Justice;
ARTICLE 3: Best Interests of the Child
Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
Official website
Law Commission: Sentencing code (C&YP)
Safeguarding Children as Victims and Witnesses
Legal guidance on official website of Crown Prosecution Service
Guidelines on Prosecuting Cases of Child Sexual Abuse
Another part of official website of Crown Prosecution Service
Prevention of Female Genital Mutilation Legal Guidance
Another part of official website of Crown Prosecution Service
Crown Prosecution Service: Legal Guidance
Browse for other child related topics on CPS website.