preventative and post-court roles of young offender panels, and youth offending teams. Youth Justice and the Youth Court takes full account of the new arrangements to be introduced late in 2009 under the provisions of the UK's Criminal Justice and Immigration Act. It is a dynamic treatment that touches on the key issues. It is must for all practitioners and students of youth justice, and those who wish to be reliably up-to-date with a fast-changing subject. With a Foreword by Chris Stanley - one of the UK's leading youth justice experts - the book also includes a glossary of words, phrases, acronyms, and abbreviations.

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