Child First

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Challenging Punitive Youth Justice

Chapter 3 Challenging the Risk Paradigm: Children First, Positive Youth Justice

Chapter 4 Challenging Historical Populism—Children First, Offenders Second: From Concept to Policy

Chapter 5 Child First and Children’s Rights: An Opportunity to Advance Rights-Based Youth Justice

Chapter 6 Developing Child First Youth Justice Policy in England and Wales—A View from Inside the YJB and Westminster

Chapter 7 Developing Child First as the Guiding Principle for Youth Justice

Chapter 8 Child First in the Criminal Courts

Chapter 9 Child First: Thinking Through the Implications for Policy and Practice

Chapter 10 The Place of Risk Within Child First Justice: An Exploration of the Perspectives of Youth Justice Practitioners

Chapter 11 Cementing ‘Child First’ in Practice

Chapter 12 Embracing children’s Voices: Transforming Youth Justice Practice Through Co-production and Child First Participation