Connecting With Young People in Trouble

A powerful critique of existing youth services which spans lived experience, theory and practice. Contains first-hand accounts of relational change and sees youth crime via a refreshing new lens. The only work of its kind, in which a Youth Justice Specialist with experiences of crime and incarceration as a young person combines those lived experiences with practice and teaching theory to show how services can better serve and empathise with children and young people in trouble. Andi Brierley explains why existing ways of dealing with children and adolescents can at times be counterproductive. From the everyday atmosphere of reporting arrangements, to preoccupation with risk-management processes, to the language used by professionals, the author invites us to re-assess the consequences.