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Format:
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512 pp.
38 figures; 14 tables, 10" x "

ISBN-13:
9780190166946

Copyright Year:
2024

Imprint: OUP Canada


Youth Justice

A Canadian Perspective, Fourth Edition

Edited by Kelly Gorkoff, Daniel Antonowicz and John A. Winterdyk

Now in its fourth edition, Youth Justice: A Canadian Perspective offers an engaging and comprehensive introduction to youth crime and deviance in Canada. Written by experts from across the country to offer a range of perspectives on the patterns, theories, and emerging topics related to youth justice, this text blends empirical research with critical analysis while incorporating youth voices throughout. The book features a wide variety of chapters exploring unique areas in Canadian youth justice, including Canadian girls and crime, Indigenous youth crime, and the emerging field of restorative justice. It has also been thoroughly updated to explore how contemporary issues such as the internet, social media, and police violence intersect with the study of youth justice. With a balanced and comprehensive approach, Youth Justice is the only textbook that provides multiple current perspectives on the Canadian youth justice system.

Readership : Youth Justice, 4e is a core text for courses on young offenders and youth justice (formerly pejoratively called "Juvenile Delinquency" and then "Youth at Risk"), which are common second and third-year courses in criminology departments at universities and colleges across the country.

Table of Contents
About the Editors
About the Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgements
Part I: History, Trends, and Legislation
1. Carolyn Green: Canada's Youth Justice History
2. John A. Winterdyk, Crystal Hinck: Measuring Youth Crime in Canada: An Elusive Challenge
3. James Popham, Daniel Antonowicz: Understanding the Youth Criminal Justice Act
4. Adrienne Peters: The Youth Justice System in Action
Part II: Understanding Contemporary Youth Crime and Justice: Theories and Perspectives
5. Camisha Sibblis: Theoretical Perspectives on Youth Crime
6. Bryan Hogeveen, Joanne Minaker: Critical Criminology and Youth: Issues of Power, Care and Justice
7. Susan A. Reid: Critical Challenges in Hearing the Voice of Youth in the Youth Justice System
8. Chris McCormick: Youth Deviance and the (Social) Media: Mapping Knowledge and the Limits to Certainty
9. Thais Amorim, Lorinda Stoneman, Mandeep Mucina, and Sibylle Artz: Canadian Girls and Crime in the Twenty-First Century
Part III: Criminalized Youth in Canada
10. Jordan Diplock, Nick Pauls, Gwendolyn Koops-Geuze: Issues of Substance Use and Related Crime in Adolescence
11. Jana Grekul: The Victimization and Criminalization of Indigenous Youth
12. Harpreet Aulakh, Julius Haag: Racialized Youth Crime and Justice in Canada
13. Bruce MacLaurin, Catherine Worthington: Street-Involved Youth in Canada
14. Kelly Gorkoff, Courtenay Bolton: Youth Involvement in Systems of Sex Work
Part IV: Keeping Young Persons out of the System
15. Marc Alain, Nicolas Sallée: Youth Justice in Quebec: The Thin Line between Support and Control
16. Rebeca Heringer, Nadine Bartlett: High-Fidelity Wraparound: A Youth-Driven Approach to Care and Justice
Glossary
Index

PowerPoint Slides
Test Bank

Kelly Gorkoff is an associate professor and chair of the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Winnipeg.

Daniel Antonowicz is an associate professor of criminology at Wilfrid Laurier University in Brantford, Ontario. He has worked as a research officer for various Canadian federal government departments, such as the Correctional Service of Canada and the Ministry of Justice.

John A. Winterdyk is a former professor of criminology (retired 2023) who worked at Mount Royal University for over 36 years. During his tenure, he has held several visiting positions at the Max Planck Institute in Germany, been the Endowed Chair at St Thomas University in Fredericton, New Brunswick, and has held several adjunct and visiting professorships at various Canadian and international universities.

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Special Features

  • Contributed authorship ensures diversity of perspectives and an unmatched breadth of topical coverage
  • Approachable tone and thematically organized chapters ensures accessibility for students
  • Critical discussion questions, "Youth Justice in Action" boxes and other pedagogical features facilitate active student participation
  • Key statistics, case studies, and discussions of laws and literature have been updated throughout, making it the most up-to-date and forward-thinking book available in a rapidly transforming field
  • Four brand-new chapters include a newly updated history of youth justice as well as explorations of Canada's most cutting-edge practical approaches to youth crime
  • Contemporary topics such as social media and the internet, intersectionality, and critical race theory and their relationships to youth crime and justice are explored throughout