Black and Minority Ethnic Boys and Custody in England and Wales: Understanding Subjective Experiences through an Analysis of Official Data
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In: Social Sciences , Vol. 7, No. 11, 08.11.2018, p. 226-242.
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T1 - Black and Minority Ethnic Boys and Custody in England and Wales
T2 - Understanding Subjective Experiences through an Analysis of Official Data
AU - Barn, Ravinder
AU - Feilzer, Martina
AU - Hardwick, Nicholas
PY - 2018/11/8
Y1 - 2018/11/8
N2 - Recent years have seen a dramatic shift in youth justice outcomes and a fall in the number of children drawn into the youth justice system in England and Wales. However, it appears that children from some backgrounds have not benefited as much as others from this change. There is a wealth of academic literature on processes of criminalisation, policies, and practices of youth justice and the experiences of children, particularly boys, in custody. However, there is little detailed understanding of how these processes, policies, and practices affect children from different backgrounds. This paper examines the most intrusive aspect of youth justice, namely, custodial sentences. Through an examination of the Inspectorate of Prisons’ reports and associated surveys, this paper seeks to explore black and minority ethnic boys’ perceptions of their experiences of custody.
AB - Recent years have seen a dramatic shift in youth justice outcomes and a fall in the number of children drawn into the youth justice system in England and Wales. However, it appears that children from some backgrounds have not benefited as much as others from this change. There is a wealth of academic literature on processes of criminalisation, policies, and practices of youth justice and the experiences of children, particularly boys, in custody. However, there is little detailed understanding of how these processes, policies, and practices affect children from different backgrounds. This paper examines the most intrusive aspect of youth justice, namely, custodial sentences. Through an examination of the Inspectorate of Prisons’ reports and associated surveys, this paper seeks to explore black and minority ethnic boys’ perceptions of their experiences of custody.
KW - Custody
KW - Ethnicity
KW - Boys
KW - Racism
KW - Youth Justice
U2 - 10.3390/socsci7110226
DO - 10.3390/socsci7110226
M3 - Article
VL - 7
SP - 226
EP - 242
JO - Social Sciences
JF - Social Sciences
SN - 2076-0760
IS - 11
ER -