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Professor Roger Smith's Outputs (64)

Developing restorative practice: contemporary lessons from an English juvenile diversion project of the 1980s (2011)
Journal Article
Smith, R. (2011). Developing restorative practice: contemporary lessons from an English juvenile diversion project of the 1980s. Contemporary Justice Review, 14(4), 425-438. https://doi.org/10.1080/10282580.2011.616372

A historical account of an early innovation in restorative practice in the UK is presented. It was initially developed as a juvenile diversion program, based on principles of offense resolution and minimum intervention. The projects, known as Juvenil... Read More about Developing restorative practice: contemporary lessons from an English juvenile diversion project of the 1980s.

Doing Justice to Young People: Youth Crime and Social Justice (2011)
Book
Smith, R. (2011). Doing Justice to Young People: Youth Crime and Social Justice. Willan/Routledge

The problem of definition Up to now, we have been primarily concerned with reviewing the processes associated with young people’s identified characteristics and behaviour, and the theoretical frameworks within which these have been discussed. In othe... Read More about Doing Justice to Young People: Youth Crime and Social Justice.

Where Now for Youth Justice? (2011)
Journal Article
Smith, R. (2011). Where Now for Youth Justice?. British Journal of Community Justice, 9(1/2), 69-80

This article reviews the current state of play in youth justice, taking particular note of the rhetoric and initial reform proposals of the incoming coalition government. The recent history of youth justice and the nature of previous debates in this... Read More about Where Now for Youth Justice?.

Childhood, Culture and Social Work (2010)
Book Chapter
Smith, R. (2010). Childhood, Culture and Social Work. In K. Hicham, B. Abdelhamid, C. Gaucher, & R. Smith (Eds.), Travail Social à l’Epreuve des Coopération Ouvertes et des Coopérations Fermées: Enjeu Capital pour le Développement Humain (79-98). Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah

Young People, Crime and Justice (2010)
Book Chapter
Smith, R. (2010). Young People, Crime and Justice. In K. Hicham, B. Abdelhamid, C. Gaucher, & R. Smith (Eds.), Travail Social à l’Epreuve des Coopération Ouvertes et des Coopérations Fermées: Enjeu Capital pour le Développement Humain (99-128). Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah

Children’s Rights and Youth Justice: 20 Years of No Progress (2010)
Journal Article
Smith, R. (2010). Children’s Rights and Youth Justice: 20 Years of No Progress. Child Care in Practice, 16(1), 3-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/13575270903369301

The adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) in 1989 and its ratification by the UK government two years later came at a time of considerable progress in youth justice. The Convention itself set clear standards of... Read More about Children’s Rights and Youth Justice: 20 Years of No Progress.