Black and Minority Ethnic Boys and Custody in England and Wales: Understanding Subjective Experiences through an Analysis of Official Data

Ravinder Barn, Martina Feilzer and Nick Hardwick
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Ravinder Barn: School of Law, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham TW20 0EX, UK
Martina Feilzer: School of History, Philosophy, and Social Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor LL57 2DG, UK
Nick Hardwick: School of Law, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham TW20 0EX, UK

Social Sciences, 2018, vol. 7, issue 11, 1-16

Abstract: Recent years have seen a dramatic shift in youth justice outcomes and a fall in the number of children drawn into the youth justice system in England and Wales. However, it appears that children from some backgrounds have not benefited as much as others from this change. There is a wealth of academic literature on processes of criminalisation, policies, and practices of youth justice and the experiences of children, particularly boys, in custody. However, there is little detailed understanding of how these processes, policies, and practices affect children from different backgrounds. This paper examines the most intrusive aspect of youth justice, namely, custodial sentences. Through an examination of the Inspectorate of Prisons’ reports and associated surveys, this paper seeks to explore black and minority ethnic boys’ perceptions of their experiences of custody.

Keywords: custody; ethnicity; boys; racism; youth justice (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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