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Youth Justice and Child Protection

Youth Justice and Child Protection International Journal of Children’s Rights 17 (2009) 343–344 © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2009 DOI 10.1163/157181808X401466 brill.nl/chil Book Reviews Malcolm Hill, Andrew Lockyer and Fred Stone, Youth Justice and Child Protection. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2007. 320 pp. £22.99. Th is book arose out of a conference the goal of which was to examine the Scottish Children’s Hearings System in the light of developments in other jurisdictions. Th ere are essays on England and Wales, Ireland, the United States, Sweden and Finland, as well as Scotland. Th e book is wide-ranging and constructive. Children’s rights are an undercurrent fl owing through the whole book, with specifi c chap- ters by the Scottish commissioner for Children and Young People and by David Archard. Th e editors, in an excellent ‘conclusions’ chapter off er insights which tie the threads of the book together, but go beyond this. Th us, they raise issues about family group conferences, the origins of which are in New Zealand but which now resonate widely. Picking up on Jim Ennis’s thoughtful essay on child protec- tion, they ask about whether the community can be trusted to off er the child the necessary protection. Th e book contains important essays evaluating the Scottish Children’s Hearings System (the one by Lorraine Waterhouse certainly can be recommended). Th ere is a valuable essay also (by Reid and Gillan) on the place of lay participation in decision-making (‘lay people’, they say, ‘refl ect the range of moral opinion in the community’). But, though the explicit focus is Scotland, the essays on countries where data is less easy to obtain, in particular Finland and Sweden, may justifi ably send those with an interest in children and juvenile justice to fi nd this book. Readers of this journal will fi nd children’s rights are not ignored. Indeed, it would be diffi cult to fi nd a better discussion of children’s rights within the Scottish Children’s Hearings System than in the essay by Kathleen Marshall. Th is book can be thoroughly recommended to students of the subject. It cer- tainly ought to fi nd a place on reading lists for undergraduate students. Let us hope it also comes to the notice of policy-makers! Michael Freeman University College London http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The International Journal of Children's Rights Brill

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© 2009 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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International Journal of Children’s Rights 17 (2009) 343–344 © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2009 DOI 10.1163/157181808X401466 brill.nl/chil Book Reviews Malcolm Hill, Andrew Lockyer and Fred Stone, Youth Justice and Child Protection. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2007. 320 pp. £22.99. Th is book arose out of a conference the goal of which was to examine the Scottish Children’s Hearings System in the light of developments in other jurisdictions. Th ere are essays on England and Wales, Ireland, the United States, Sweden and Finland, as well as Scotland. Th e book is wide-ranging and constructive. Children’s rights are an undercurrent fl owing through the whole book, with specifi c chap- ters by the Scottish commissioner for Children and Young People and by David Archard. Th e editors, in an excellent ‘conclusions’ chapter off er insights which tie the threads of the book together, but go beyond this. Th us, they raise issues about family group conferences, the origins of which are in New Zealand but which now resonate widely. Picking up on Jim Ennis’s thoughtful essay on child protec- tion, they ask about whether the community can be trusted to off er the child the necessary protection. Th e book contains important essays evaluating the Scottish Children’s Hearings System (the one by Lorraine Waterhouse certainly can be recommended). Th ere is a valuable essay also (by Reid and Gillan) on the place of lay participation in decision-making (‘lay people’, they say, ‘refl ect the range of moral opinion in the community’). But, though the explicit focus is Scotland, the essays on countries where data is less easy to obtain, in particular Finland and Sweden, may justifi ably send those with an interest in children and juvenile justice to fi nd this book. Readers of this journal will fi nd children’s rights are not ignored. Indeed, it would be diffi cult to fi nd a better discussion of children’s rights within the Scottish Children’s Hearings System than in the essay by Kathleen Marshall. Th is book can be thoroughly recommended to students of the subject. It cer- tainly ought to fi nd a place on reading lists for undergraduate students. Let us hope it also comes to the notice of policy-makers! Michael Freeman University College London

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