ABSTRACT
As we have observed in previous chapters, youth justice has experienced rapid change in recent years, partly associated with shifts in policy and structural arrangements, in turn associated with changes of government; however, at the same time, we should not discount a wider range of influences, including social and economic factors, on the one hand, and the influence of those engaged in practice, on the other. This concluding chapter will seek to re-evaluate the key issues highlighted thus far in order to sketch some ideas about how youth justice might be reconstituted to meet contemporary challenges (see also Muncie and Goldson, 2012).
