Youth Crime in Europe
Giving the Floor to the Youth of Today: Young People's Views and Perspectives on Youth Crime and Its Prevention.
Anneke Evenepoel, from the VUB (Free University of Brussels), made a contribution to the 2012 Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, in the category “Crime Prevention,” under the title “Giving the Floor to the Youth of Today: Young People's Views and Perspectives on Youth Crime and Its Prevention.”. Here is the abstract: In an on going European Study regarding the prevention of youth deviance and violence (“YouPrev: Youth deviance and youth violence: A European multi-agency perspective on best practices in prevention and control”) Belgium, Germany, Hungary, Portugal, Slovenia, and Spain have conducted surveys amongst 13 to 17 year old students. Based on the new ISRD-3 instrument, the survey focused beside the classic self-report questions also on their perceptions and views regarding practices and initiatives aimed at preventing youth delinquency. To enhance the richness of these results group discussions and interviews with youngsters will be organised addressing the same topic. In this paper, I will present the preliminary results collected in Belgium. The aim is to stimulate reflection and contribute to the international discussion regarding a very popular topic today by adding the perspective of the seemingly 'unpopular' key players.
Sanctioning and Juvenile Delinquency – Juvenile Justice Reaction as a Turning Point Into Deviance?
Philipp Schulte, from the Westfaelische Wilhelms-Universitaet Muenster, made a contribution to the 2012 Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, in the category “Criminological Theory, Research and Education,” under the title “Sanctioning and Juvenile Delinquency – Juvenile Justice Reaction as a Turning Point Into Deviance?”. Here is the abstract: Based on the Labeling Perspective and Sampson and Laub's Theory of Cumulative Disadvantage the relationship between formal social control and juvenile delinquency will be analysed and first models will be presented. The concepts of secondary deviance and structural labeling suggest that formal sanctions cause (secondary) deviant behaviour. Hence, formal social control may play an important role in stabilising or even generating pathways into persistent delinquency. Sampson and Laub described possible mediating factors of such an amplifying process: the relationship to friends, parents and school as well as chances on the labour market and self-consciousness might be influenced by juridical reactions. Bonds to conformity may be lost after a criminal conviction and new delinquent bonds may be established or strengthened. The empirical analysis of self-reported delinquency and court decisions is based on the CRIMOC panelstudy started in Duisburg in 2002 at age 13.
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- “Sanctioning and Juvenile Delinquency – Juvenile Justice Reaction as a Turning Point Into Deviance?”, by Philipp Schulte (Proceedings)
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See Also
Further Reading
- “Giving the Floor to the Youth of Today: Young People's Views and Perspectives on Youth Crime and Its Prevention.”, by Anneke Evenepoel (Proceedings)