Review: Bringing restorative justice to adolescent substance abuse. Special issue of Youth & Society 33
This special issue of Youth & Society collects a number of articles that address issues of adolescent substance abuse in relation to principles and practices of restorative justice. Cases involving substance-abusing youth offenders increasingly occupy the attention and resources of the juvenile justice system. Courts deal more and more with youth problems that would once have been handled in community settings through youth agencies and treatment facilities.
Special Issue of Youth and Society 33 (December). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. ISSN: 0044-118x.
Reviewed by Gregory Strong
This special issue of Youth & Society addresses issues of adolescent substance abuse in relation to principles and practices of restorative justice. Cases involving substance-abusing young offenders increasingly occupy the attention and resources of the juvenile justice system. Courts are increasingly dealing with more and more youth problems that would once have been handled by youth agencies and treatment facilities in community settings.
In view of this situation, this special issue seeks to inform academicians and practitioners about the extent of the substance abuse problem, the need for more and better treatment, the response of the justice system, and new approaches to deal with the justice and treatment needs of youthful offenders and their communities. Articles cover a number of matters:
- the effectiveness of adolescent substance abuse treatment models
- juvenile justice in a “get-tough” era
- restorative justice as a theory for informal social control and social support
- restorative justice and a new criminal law of substance abuse
- restorative justice in school communities
- restorative justice and the pro-social communities solution
- community justice
- restorative justice and substance abuse.
Article Summaries:
Bringing justice to adolescent substance abuse treatment
An overview of the effectiveness of adolescent substance abuse treatment models.
Reviving juvenile justice in a get-tough era
Restorative justice and a new criminal law of substance abuse
Restorative justice in school communities
Restorative justice and the Prosocial Communities Solution
In pursuit of community justice: Deschutes County, Oregon.
Restorative justice and substance abuse: The path ahead.
Common ground: Opportunities and possibilities
August 2002
