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Difficult deviant and delinquent: An appraisal of the effectiveness of intervention in the lives of deviant adolescents in South Glamorgan. / Derek Brushett
Swansea University Author: Derek Brushett
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The author introduces the research by reviewing thedevelopment of social policy and legislation for young people introuble over the past century and a half. In particular he exploresthe tensions which have permeated social welfare because ofconfusion as to its function in "controlling” or "...
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1989
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| Institution: | Swansea University |
| Degree level: | Master of Philosophy |
| Degree name: | M.Phil |
| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa42931 |
| Abstract: |
The author introduces the research by reviewing thedevelopment of social policy and legislation for young people introuble over the past century and a half. In particular he exploresthe tensions which have permeated social welfare because ofconfusion as to its function in "controlling” or "helping" oroffering "treatment" to deviant youth.This provides the context for the research study - anexamination of the operation of the juvenile justice system inSouth Glamorgan, together with the resources which are targetted atdeviant adolescents by the Social Services Department. In 1983 theDepartment had adopted a Strategy which sought to reduce levels ofcustodial sentencing and to replace out-County community homes witheducation (CHEs). Instead young people were to be managed andsupported in the community. The research measures the performanceof the resources in supporting in the community, a selected groupof 84 young people.The findings of the research show that the policy adoptedin South Glamorgan was partially successful. Many of those referredto community-based resources achieved improved levels of stabilityand aberrant behaviour decreased. Nevertheless there wasa significant number of girls for whom referral to an out-CountyCHE remained an apparent necessity and there were a number of boyswhose persistent serious delinquency proved impossible to containwithin a community setting.The study concludes by marking up a number of concernswhich flow from the findings and which need to be addressed if thepartial success of the Strategy is to be consolidated. |
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Juvenile justice system |
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Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences |