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1 Approaching Youth Crime through Welfare and Punishment: The Finnish Perspective Johanna Korpinen and Tarja Pösö Introduction In a recent legal article, Kimmo Nuotio (2004) noted that only a couple of years ago it would have seemed strange to use such a concept as youth criminal justice in Finland. Even . . . Read more
7 The Relationship between Youth Justice and Child Welfare in England and Wales Anthony Bottoms and Vicky Kemp Introduction In a recent analytical survey of youth justice in Great Britain, it was argued that ‘the differing structural relationship between what used to be called the “criminal” and the “care” jurisdictions . . . Read more
3 Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice in the USA: A Practice Perspective Mark Creekmore Introduction: practice and policy in child welfare and juvenile justice This chapter focuses on issues that arise in separating child welfare from juvenile justice functions in the USA. I will examine policy and practice developments and . . . Read more
6 Developments in Child Protection Jim Ennis Introduction During the second half of the twentieth century, most countries in western Europe and North America experienced growing policy and public awareness of child abuse, often accompanied by major criticisms of the responses by public agencies, which have come to be known . . . Read more
2 The Interface between Youth Justice and Child Protection In Ireland Helen Buckley and Eoin O’Sullivan Introduction There is a widespread acceptance that factors such as poverty, abuse and neglect, poor educational outcomes and behavioural problems are characteristic of the majority of children and young people who find themselves embroiled . . . Read more
4 Juvenile Crime and the Justice System in Sweden Anna Hollander and Michael Tärnfalk Introduction Youth crime is very much a topic of discussion in public, political and legal debates both in Sweden and internationally. Youth criminality is problematic for many reasons. The literature on juvenile justice is largely concerned . . . Read more
5 Child Protection and the ‘Juvenile Secure Estate’ in England and Wales: Controversies, Complexities and Concerns Barry Goldson Introduction This chapter engages with the difficult and contested question of child protection within locked institutions. The primary objective is to illuminate some of the key intersecting controversies, complexities and concerns that . . . Read more
Women at Work The extent of women’s direct involvement in Roman economic life is hard to determine. Women sui iuris could own property and were free to administer it themselves, subject only to tutorial consent for certain transactions, and in fact women appear frequently in papyri and in the Herculaneum . . . Read more
Slaves and Freedwomen Although the Romans are attested as possessing slaves from an early period, slave-ownership on a large scale seems to have developed only with the expansion of Roman power, from about the latter half of the third century B.C.Slaves became an integral part of Roman society, and this . . . Read more
Inheritance and Bequest The law of inheritance is one of the most elaborate and complicated areas of Roman law. This chapter will aim to do little more than set out the main principles on which the system operated, with the most important changes that occurred during the classical period of . . . Read more