Has Welfarist Criminology Failed? Juvenile Justice and the Human Sciences in Victoria Export

@article{citeulike:2965423, abstract = {In the present context of “get tough on crime” and “back to criminal justice” campaigns that continue to dominate political agendas throughout Australia, critics point to the inadequacy of “welfarist” or reformist criminological and sociological theories that have informed interventions in the past and reinforce the need for “retributive justice” models of penal policy. The present paper examines historical evidence on the role of the human sciences in juvenile justice administration during the 1940s, a formative time when psychiatric, psychological, and social work expertise came together in the form of the Children's Court Clinic in Victoria. It suggests that contemporary critiques about the failure of the welfare model of juvenile justice inadequately capture the historical functioning of expertise in justice administration and the real extent to which the welfare model as “actual rehabilitative intervention” was ever implemented.}, author = {Mccallum, David and Laurence, Jennifer}, citeulike-article-id = {2965423}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03124070701323865}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/asw/2007/00000060/00000004/art00004}, doi = {10.1080/03124070701323865}, issn = {0312-407X}, journal = {Australian Social Work}, keywords = {empowerment, justice, law, socialwork, welfarism, youth}, month = {December}, number = {4}, pages = {410--420}, posted-at = {2009-08-24 16:47:41}, priority = {4}, publisher = {Routledge}, title = {Has Welfarist Criminology Failed? Juvenile Justice and the Human Sciences in Victoria}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03124070701323865}, volume = {60}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2965423 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2965423 N2 - In the present context of “get tough on crime” and “back to criminal justice” campaigns that continue to dominate political agendas throughout Australia, critics point to the inadequacy of “welfarist” or reformist criminological and sociological theories that have informed interventions in the past and reinforce the need for “retributive justice” models of penal policy. The present paper examines historical evidence on the role of the human sciences in juvenile justice administration during the 1940s, a formative time when psychiatric, psychological, and social work expertise came together in the form of the Children's Court Clinic in Victoria. It suggests that contemporary critiques about the failure of the welfare model of juvenile justice inadequately capture the historical functioning of expertise in justice administration and the real extent to which the welfare model as “actual rehabilitative intervention” was ever implemented. IS - 4 JF - Australian Social Work SN - 0312-407X EP - 420 TI - Has Welfarist Criminology Failed? Juvenile Justice and the Human Sciences in Victoria PB - Routledge VL - 60 SP - 410 KW - empowerment KW - justice KW - law KW - socialwork KW - welfarism KW - youth AU - Mccallum, David AU - Laurence, Jennifer PY - 2007/12// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03124070701323865 ER -