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Furlong, A, & White, R 2016, ‘Young people, crime and justice’, Routledge Handbook of Youth and Young Adulthood, pp. 435–445, viewed 25 August 2021, https://ebookcentral-proquestcom.ezproxy.newcastle.edu.au/lib/newcastle/reader.action? ppg=452&docID=4717863&tm=1529464475638 Furlong and White outline key issues pertaining to juvenile justice in countries such as Australia, the UK and the USA. In doing so, they evaluate youth and crime, risk and responsibility, restorative justice and social justice. They argue that those most frequently found in youth detention centres consist predominantly of young men with backgrounds of low income, low educational achievement, poorly paid and/or casualised employment (if any) and strained family relations.

Gilman, A, Walker, S, Vick, K & Sanford, R 2021, ‘The Impact of Detention on Youth Outcomes: A Rapid Evidence Review’, Crime & Delinquency, vol. 67, no. 11, pp. 1792–1813, viewed 25 August 2021, https://journals-sagepubcom.ezproxy.newcastle.edu.au/doi/full/10.1177/00111287211014141 Gilman et al. assess a body of literature and research in order to evaluate the effects of juvenile detention on youth outcomes. They highlighted the fact that the potential impact of detention is enormous however, there is a profound lack of research on the topic. The impacts of juvenile detention on court outcomes, recidivism and health were also outlined throughout.

Ogilvie, E & Lynch, M 2001, ‘Responses to Incarceration: A Qualitative Analysis of Adolescents in Juvenile Detention Centres’, Current issues in criminal justice, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 330-346, viewed 25 August 2021, https://heinonlineorg.ezproxy.newcastle.edu.au/HOL/Page? handle=hein.journals/cicj12&id=334&collection=journals&index= Ogilvie and Lynch examine the nature of the relationship between correctional practices and the responses of adolescents to said practices. In doing so, they focus on the 3 issues of: the nature of the links with the outside world, the voluntary nature of incarceration and the importance of attitude. They also consider the implications of topics such as race, gender and marginalisation with respect to the construction of adolescent self-identities. They conclude that the key factor central to all three issues is that of personal agency, suggesting that a range of behaviours can be used by incarcerated adolescents in order to restore a sense of autonomy.

Richards, K 2011, ‘Trends in juvenile detention in Australia’, Trends & issues in crime and criminal justice no. 416, viewed 25 August 2021, https://www.aic.gov.au/publications/tandi/tandi416 Richards provides an overview of key trends in juvenile detention in Australia since 1981. In doing so, she highlights two key issues within the trends which include an increase in the proportion of juvenile detainees that are remanded rather than sentenced and the overrepresentation of Indigenous juveniles. Topics of legal status, age and sex are discussed in relation to the trends whilst also suggesting considerations to be made for the future.

Richards, K 2011, ‘What makes juvenile offenders different from adult offenders?’, Trends & issues in crime and criminal justice, no. 409, viewed 25 August 2021, https://www.aic.gov.au/publications/tandi/tandi409 Richards outlines the biological, psychological and social factors that differentiate juvenile offenders and adult offenders. She explored a range of qualities such as susceptibility to peer influence and lack of maturity that in turn increase juveniles’ risks of contact with the criminal justice system and juvenile detention. Topics including the types of offences, the nature of juvenile offending and responding to juvenile crime are summarised throughout which concludes that juvenile offenders are over-represented, stigmatised and at an increased risk to a range of psychological problems.

Discuss the ways in which youth and criminality are understood or represented in each of the publications that you discuss. • What do the authors argue or suggest about young people? • What do the authors argue or suggest about crime? • How do the authors’ understandings of each help us to understand the case? (approximately 500 words)...