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Teresa O´neill - Children in Secure Accommodation - 9781853029332 - V9781853029332
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Children in Secure Accommodation

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Description for Children in Secure Accommodation Paperback. The author explores the circumstances and experiences of children in secure accommodation through an examination of their own stories and through the accounts of their social workers and the staff working at the secure units. From these narratives she draws conclusions on the meaning of being in a secure unit. Num Pages: 320 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JKSB1; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 471.

Secure accommodation continues to be a controversial facility for children in the care and criminal justice systems. Children are placed in secure accommodation for a wide range of reasons, and include those who have run away from home or care as well as those who have committed serious crimes. Teresa O'Neill argues that the ideological confusion between welfare and justice leads to contradictions in policy and practice. She suggests that the fact that most of the boys - who form the majority of children in secure accommodation - are admitted through the criminal justice system while most of the girls ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781853029332
SKU
V9781853029332
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-1

About Teresa O´neill
Teresa O'Neill is a lecturer in the School for Policy Studies at the University of Bristol. She has extensive experience in social work in practice, management and education and has worked as a guardian ad litem for ten years. Her research interests relate to the treatment of children in the care and criminal justice systems, institutional care and abuse and ... Read more

Reviews for Children in Secure Accommodation
This is a book which casts light which is needed on a system which is derived from different managerial and political ideas. It is informative, and makes a strong case for meeting the needs of disturbed children rather than just containing them'.
Quakers in Criminal Justice Children in Secure Accomodation will be informative for policy makers, practitioners and students. ... Read more

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