Children in custody Anglo-Russian perspectives
"Despite their very different histories, societies, political and legal systems, Russia and the UK stand out as favouring a punitive approach to young law breakers, imprisoning many more children than any other European countries. The book is based on the author's primary research in Russi...
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London :
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2010.
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Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Introduction Russia and England: two outliers in Europe
- Criminal justice and the welfare of children
- Russia 1890-1990 - high hopes, revanche, failed reforms
- England and Wales 1900-1990 - welfare advances and retreats
- Post-Soviet Russia - creeping change
- Post-Soviet Russia - sentencing, custody and its consequences
- England and Wales - return to custody
- English exceptionalism?
- Lessons from other countries - Germany, Italy and Finland; What should be done?
- Appendix
- Bibliography.
