Youth Criminal Justice Policy in Canada

In the past ten years, much has changed in terms of youth justice policies in Canada as well as in the way Canadian society has evolved. This book examines these developments and puts them in a critical criminological perspective.

The most up-to-date treatment of youth justice policies in Canada The only book utilizing an explicitly critical criminological framework to analyze and better understand justice for youth in Canada Offers a synthesis of existing theoretical frameworks and a recognition of emerging theoretical perspectives Draws upon best practices in other, notably European, nation states, and juxtaposes these practices with those of Canada Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Auteur

Shahid Alvi, PhD., is Professor & Associate Dean in the Faculty of Criminology, Justice & Policy Studies at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology. He has taught at both the graduate and undergraduate level for more than 20 years. His research interests include youth crime, social exclusion, violence against immigrant women, and communities and crime. He is the author or co-author of numerous refereed journals, technical reports, book chapters, and four books. He is currently conducting research on public safety concerns in an urban setting in Ontario, Canada, and is analyzing data on young offenders' adjustment to incarceration. In 2002, he was awarded the Critical Criminologist of the Year Award by the Division of Critical Criminology of the American Society of Criminology. He is also Editor-in-Chief, of the scholarly journal, Critical Criminology: An International Journal (Springer).