Juvenile delinquency, welfare, justice and therapeutic interventions: a global perspective

This review considers juvenile delinquency and justice from an international perspective. Youth crime is a growing concern. Many young offenders are also victims with complex needs, leading to a public health approach that requires a balance of welfare and justice models. However, around the world t...

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Autor principal: Church, R (Autor)
Otros Autores: Young, SJ ; Greer, B
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2016
En: BJPsych bulletin
Año: 2016
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Sumario:This review considers juvenile delinquency and justice from an international perspective. Youth crime is a growing concern. Many young offenders are also victims with complex needs, leading to a public health approach that requires a balance of welfare and justice models. However, around the world there are variable and inadequate legal frameworks and a lack of a specialist workforce. The UK and other high-income countries worldwide have established forensic child and adolescent psychiatry, a multifaceted discipline incorporating legal, psychiatric and developmental fields. Its adoption of an evidence-based therapeutic intervention philosophy has been associated with greater reductions in recidivism compared with punitive approaches prevalent in some countries worldwide, and it is therefore a superior approach to dealing with the problem of juvenile delinquency
ISSN:2056-4708
DOI:10.1192/pb.bp.115.052274