Young People and Social Control: Problems and Prospects from the Margins

by Ross Deuchar, Kalwant Bhopal

Overview

This book explores young people’s experiences of social control and the state, especially those living at the margins of society within the UK. In particular, the book focuses on disadvantaged young people’s experiences in education, in the labour market, with police and within the criminal justice system. It draws upon insights gathered by the authors in Scotland and England via in-depth interviews with, and observation of, young people in multiple settings and the barriers they come across in terms of justice, equity and inclusion.

Deuchar and Bhopal present a range of creative and engaging case studies that illustrate where barriers have been broken down between young people and the agents of social control and elucidate upon how a sense of justice and inclusion has emerged. With its wide-ranging, multi-perspective approach, this study will be essential reading for scholars and students of sociology, criminology and youth studies, as well as holding appeal for policy-makers and practitioners.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783319850139
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Publication date:	08/01/2018
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
Pages:	183
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x (d)

About the Author

Ross Deuchar is Assistant Dean (Research, Enterprise and International) in the School of Education and Director of the Interdisciplinary Research Unit on Crime, Policing and Social Justice within the University of the West of Scotland.

Kalwant Bhopal is Professor of Education and Social Justice in the Centre for Research in Race and Education, University of Birmingham, UK.

Table of Contents

PART I: Problems from the Margins: Young People, Social Control and Injustice.- Chapter 1. Introduction: Young People, Marginality and Social Control.- Chapter 2. Schools, Discipline, Racism and Disaffection.- Chapter 3. Employment, Discrimination and Stigmatising Discourses.- Chapter 4. Young People, Police Officers and the Barriers to Enacting Procedural Justice.- Chapter 5. The Judiciary, System Processing and Youth (In-)Justice.- PART II: Prospects from the Margins: Border-Crossing, Assets Generation and Emancipatory Practice.- Chapter 6. Assets-Based, Border-Crossing Approaches to Facilitate Youth Engagement.- Chapter 7. Emancipatory Approaches to Judicial and Penal Practices.- Chapter 8. Conclusion: The Future for Young People and Social Control.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“Young People and Social Control significantly deepens our understanding of the ‘youth condition’, not least because it is uniquely grounded in an astute exploration of the voices and experiences of the marginalised young. It is a standout text, not only for its fresh insights into an increasingly racialized ‘deficit discourse,’ but also for its more positive vision of how barriers between young people and agents of social control might begin to be broken down.” (John Muncie, Emeritus Professor of Criminology, The Open University)

“In this important new work, Deuchar and Bhopal seek to reverse the cycle of moral panic and reactionary policymaking. They give authentic voice to marginalised young people’s concerns and fears regarding stigmatisation across a series of key life domains including schools and employment, but primarily the systems of criminal justice and crime control that are so closely associated with them.” (Shadd Maruna, University of Manchester, UK)