Reforming juvenile justice

This book deals with a number of critical issue in juvenile justice that have not been dealt with in extenso before

Biographical notes - Contributors - Foreword - Chapter 1. Trends in Youth Offending in Europe - Chapter 2. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child - Chapter 3. Young Peoples Rights: the Role of the Council of Europe - Chapter 4. Criminal Responsibility of Adolescents Youth as Junior Citizenship - Chapter 5. Parental responsibility for Youth Offending - Chapter 6. Juvenile Transfer in the United States - Chapter 7. Transfer of Minors to the Criminal Court in Europe: Belgium and The Netherlands - Chapter 8. The Prevention of Delinquent Behaviour - Chapter 9. Diversion a Meaningful and Successful Alternative to Punishment in European Juvenile Justice Systems - Chapter 10. Restorative Justice and Youth justice- Bringing Theory and Practice closer together in Europe - Chapter 11. Community sanctions and the sanctioning practice in juvenile justice systems in Europe - Chapter 12. Custodial Establishments for Juveniles in Europe - Chapter 13. Reforming Juvenile justice European Perspectives