ABSTRACT
Children who come into conflict with the law are more likely to have experienced violence or adversity than their non-offending peers. Exacerbating the deleterious effects of this childhood trauma, children’s contact with the criminal justice system poses undue risks of physical, sexual, and psychological violence. This book examines the specific forms of violence that children experience through their contact with the criminal justice system.
Comprising contributions from leading scholars and practitioners in children’s rights and youth justice, this book profiles evidence-based prevention strategies and case studies from around the world. It illustrates the diversity of contexts in which various forms of violence against children unfold and advances knowledge about both the nature and extent of violence against children in criminal justice settings, and the specific situational factors that contribute to, or inhibit, the successful implementation of violence prevention strategies. It demonstrates that specialised child justice systems, in which children’s rights are upheld, are crucial in preventing the violence inherent to conventional criminal justice regimes.
Written in a clear and accessible style, this book will be of interest to students and researchers engaged in studies of criminology and criminal justice, youth justice, victimology, crime prevention, and children’s rights.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|1 pages
Problematising the (in)visibility of children in conflict with the law
chapter Chapter 2|18 pages
Media regulation
chapter Chapter 4|16 pages
Independent oversight and monitoring
part II|1 pages
Strategies to ensure the implementation of protective statutory and procedural safeguards
chapter Chapter 5|16 pages
Specialised child justice systems in Latin America
chapter Chapter 6|18 pages
Legal implementation
chapter Chapter 7|18 pages
Access to justice for child victims of sexual violence in institutional care in India
part III|1 pages
Realising children’s rights through prevention