A Return to Social Justice by Jessica Urwin

Author:Jessica Urwin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Cham

This difficulty in accessing support from other services has in essence supported the care versus control debate. The need to provide care does not solely come from legislative requirements; the professional values of youth justice workers present a need to support young people in desistance from offending, but also in general. That the care versus control debate both exists and is still present within youth justice is partially a positive, as this means that welfare is still a central concern of youth justice practice. There is a need to provide young people with care, and if other services will not provide this, and that youth justice workers recognise this and offer some form of welfare support, this shows that youth justice is not solely motivated by control. However, this being motivated by a lack of available support does not make this appropriate, and it is clear that there needs to be reform within services for young people as a whole.

Resolving the care versus control debate requires the owners of youth justice to decide what is needed and make their position clear. There are arguments for youth justice to adopt both positions, but until a clear ideological position is reached and communicated, there will continually be confusion. As the actions and mechanisms of youth justice are inherently controlling and oriented to criminal justice, taking a socially just approach to these actions would provide both balance and clarity. Disparity between the two positions would remain; however, this would be resolved into a tension that is productive rather than destructive.

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