Conference Papers

Jobs, not gaols : a new agenda for youth

Kenneth Polk

Published in:
National Conference on Juvenile Justice: proceedings of a conference held 22-24 September 1992
Lynn Atkinson and Sally-Anne Gerull (eds.)
ISBN 0 642 19620 6 ; ISSN 1034-5086
Canberra : Australian Institute of Criminology, 1993
(AIC Conference Proceedings; no. 22)

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Abstract

There are two basic avenues that public policy can follow to address the problem of crime among the new youth underclass. One is a positive, developmental approach that addresses directly the central issues of employment, education and training. The second, which Polk describes as a "non solution" is to attempt to control the symptoms of youth discontent through the mechanisms of juvenile justice. Polk considers how these approaches should be utilised in formulating juvenile justice policies.