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Challenging Notions of Children’s “Participation” in the Youth Justice System

Anthony Charles Orcid Logo, Kathy Hampson, Stephen Case, Aaron Brown

The International Journal of Children’s Rights, Volume: 32, Issue: 1, Pages: 9 - 44

Swansea University Authors: Anthony Charles Orcid Logo, Aaron Brown

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DOI (Published version): 10.1163/15718182-32010002

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A child’s right to participate in decision making is seminally proclaimed in Article 12, UNCRC. Yet, it is often the case that the rhetoric associated with children’s ‘participation rights’ does not reflect practice. Especially in the case of the youth justice system, significant challenges exist co...

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Published in: The International Journal of Children’s Rights
ISSN: 0927-5568 1571-8182
Published: Brill 2024
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