Juvenile Justice in Europe

Barry Goldson holds the Charles Booth Chair of Social Science at the University of Liverpool. He is also Visiting Professorial Research Fellow at the Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Professorial Fellow in Social Science at Liverpool Hope University and Adjunct Professor at the School of Justice, QUT, Brisbane. He is co-chair of the European Society of Criminology Thematic Working Group on Juvenile Justice. He has recently been awared the 'Juvenile Justice Without Borders' International Award in recognition for his research and work within the field of juvenile justice.

Preface, Barry Goldson, Part One: Past. 1. Under Pressure: The Foundations of Children’s Courts in Europe, Els Dumortier, 2. Becoming Delinquent? Rethinking the Long History of Juvenile Justice, Heather Shore, 3. History, Life Course Criminology and Digital Methods: New Directions for Conceptualizing Juvenile Justice in Europe, Zoe Alker and Emma Watkins, Part Two: Present. 4. Child-Friendly Justice: Past, Present and Future, Ton Liefaard and Ursula Kilkelly, 5. Transformations in Youth Crime and Justice across Europe: Evidencing the Case for Diversion, Lesley McAra and Susan McVie, 6. Youth Justice and Youth Sanctions in Four Nordic States: Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, Tapio Lappi-Seppälä, 7. Juvenile, Injustice and Neoliberal Austerity in the European Union, Emma Bell, 8. ‘Race’, Ethnicity, Social Class and Juvenile Justice in Europe, Colin Webster, 9. Illegal Young Bodies and the Failings of Liberal Democracy – Some Reflections on the European Union’s ‘Refugee Crisis’ and its Implications for Juvenile Justice, Maria Pisani, 10. Understanding and Learning from Other Systems of Juvenile Justice in Europe: Describing, Explaining and Interpreting, David Nelken, Part Three: Future. 11. Reading the Present and Mapping the Future(s) of Juvenile Justice in Europe: Complexities and Challenges, Barry Goldson