ABSTRACT
In the last chapter we considered the origins and foundations of the contemporary youth justice system with the emergence of New Labour as an electoral force and its commitment to the philosophy of communitarianism, the notion of reintegrative tutelage (and its constituent criminological perspectives of left realism, reintegrative shaming and restorative justice), the risk society, the new public management, quality assurance and the audit society, the Audit Commission and its influential critique of the then juvenile justice system, and effective and evidence-based practice. This chapter examines the parameters of the contemporary youth justice system and the concerns of academics and other commentators at the outset and in the aftermath of its establishment.
