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Editorial

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Vincent
AuthorBarry Goldson
DOI10.1177/147322540300300301
Published date01 December 2003
Date01 December 2003
Subject MatterArticles
text Editorial
Recent times appear to be characterised by an increasing sense of disquiet in relation
to youth justice policy and practice in England and Wales, not least from major
children’s charities and penal reform organisations. The first article in this issue of the
journal examines this phenomenon by focussing upon ‘Shape’, a consortium of five of
the largest children’s charities in the UK and a major crime reduction NGO. John Pitts
surveys what he perceives to be ‘Shape’s’ primary concerns and contentions, subjecting
them to critical analysis within a context of research evidence. By adopting a discernible
‘left realist’ perspective, Pitts proceeds to identify spaces within which, he argues, child
welfare, children’s rights and penal reform lobbies may make some tangible purchase
on youth justice policy formation and practice development.
The next two articles engage with key questions that are often neglected within
‘mainstream’ youth justice. First, Joanna Phoenix examines ‘youth prostitution’
alongside recent guidance issued by the Department of Health and the Home Office
in relation to formal responses to ‘young people in prostitution’. By drawing upon
primary research, Phoenix explores the complexities and tensions that determine
agency responses to children and young people who ‘sell sex’. Moreover, she argues
that such...

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