This Module meets the Care Certificate Standards: 3. Duty of Care; 4. Equality and Diversity; 11. Safeguarding Children



This module aims to develop the learner’s critical understanding of the discourses surrounding youth offending and the multi-agency responses to youth offenders and youth offending in contemporary society within a social constructionist and cross-cultural perspective. More specifically, the module provides both a practical and critical understanding of young people's involvement in crime and deviance and the various responses to youth crime, especially how young people are dealt with by the youth justice system.



The module will:

Explore associated areas of concern such as education, welfare, young people’s services, juvenile justice and the police service.

Explore the current partnership arrangements for delivering a service to young offenders

Explore young offenders’ behaviour in the context of school, family, care arrangements and local communities' expectations.

Examine current trends in youth offending and explore media responses.

Analyse the construction of youth and childhood with a contemporary and historical focus.

Provide attention to the importance of understanding the connections of youth crime with race, class and gender whilst engaging with key theories, research methodologies and debates that inform our understandings of youth crime.

This assignment assesses all the learning outcomes.

Drawing upon historical and contemporary evidence and theories, critically analyse the efficacy of criminal justice approaches to tackling the complexities associated with youth crime.

This assessment will allow students to meet all learning outcomes through analysing the strengths and weaknesses of youth justice approaches while demonstrating knowledge and understanding of historical and contemporary factors and theories associated with youth crime.

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: (30¿hours)¿¿

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You will attend lectures on key¿topics.¿There will also be opportunities to participate¿in small groups to explore some of the key issues raised in lectures and undertake activities. ¿



Guided Independent Study: (170¿hours)¿¿

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100¿hours: Independent reading - You will be expected to read the recommended reading and utilise the learning materials which you will have full access to via Blackboard.¿¿



70 hours: assessment preparation

1. To be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the theoretical concepts and criminological theories and how these relate to childhood, identity, youth, and children’s’ rights and responsibilities.

Knowledge & Understanding, Enquiry

2. To be able to understand and critically analyse the strengths and weaknesses of various criminal justice approaches to youth crime and current debates in youth justice policy.

Knowledge & Understanding, Analysis

3. To be able to demonstrate both historical and contemporary knowledge and understanding of the political, social, economic, cultural context of youth crime.

Knowledge and Understanding, Learning

You will have access to a range of materials on Blackboard VLE including articles, session slides, and interactive activities. You will also be able to access a variety of digital material through our Library and specialist databases.

Muncie, J (2021) Youth and Crime. (5th ed.). Open University



Case, S. (2018) Youth Justice. London: Routledge



Goldson B. and Muncie J. (2015) Youth crime and justice (2nd ed). London: Sage



Seal, M. and Harris, J. (2016) Responding to Youth Violence through Youth Work. Bristol University Press.

This module aims to develop the learner’s critical understanding of the discourses surrounding youth offending and the multi-agency responses to youth offenders and youth offending in contemporary society within a social constructionist and cross-cultural perspective. More specifically, the module provides both a practical and critical understanding of young people's involvement in crime and deviance and the various responses to youth crime, especially how young people are dealt with by the youth justice system.