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Item Metadata only Actuarialism and early intervention(Sage, 2006) Smith, RogerItem Metadata only An audit of funding for social work research.(Swindon ESRC pp 13-77 (with Peter Marsh and Donald Forrester), 2008) Smith, RogerItem Metadata only A better deal: the prospects for reform(Ashgate, 2003) Buck, Trevor, 1951-; Smith, RogerItem Metadata only Castells, power and social work(Oxford University Press, 2013) Smith, RogerItem Metadata only Childhood, agency and youth justice(Wiley, 2009) Smith, RogerItem Metadata only Children's rights and youth justice: 20 years of no progress.(Routledge, 2010-01) Smith, RogerThe adoption of the UNCRC in 1989 and its ratification by the UK government two years later came at a time of considerable progress in youth justice. The Convention itself set clear standards of treatment, in terms of both processes and disposals, which appeared at the time to provide positive endorsement of the direction of travel of that period. However, the period since the early 1990s has been one of retrenchment in youth justice, with an increasingly punitive public and political mood being reflected in legislation, policy and practice. Welfare concerns have virtually disappeared from the agenda in England, and although this is not replicated to the same extent in other UK nations, the consequences in terms of outcomes for young people have been highly damaging. This article will consider these developments in light of the standards and requirements set by the UNCRC, considering the extent to which policy and practice have complied with the expectations it establishes. It will focus on a number of developments which have been encapsulated in terms of a ‘punitive turn’, arguing that neither the rights nor the welfare of young people have been served well by emerging practices. These issues have been the subject of repeatedly expressed concerns by the UN Committee in its periodic reports on UK government performance under the terms of the Convention. The article concludes that youth justice policy and practice in the UK has largely failed to live up to its international obligations , and that this in turn has created significant problems for children and young people. Some possible steps forward are suggested in order to re-establish the primary principle that children should be guaranteed protection under the Convention, irrespective of their involvement in the justice system.Item Metadata only Claimants, applicants, customers or supplicants?(Ashgate, 2003) Smith, RogerItem Metadata only Developing restorative practice: contemporary lessons from an English juvenile diversion project of the 1980s(Taylor Francis, 2011) Smith, RogerItem Metadata only Doing justice to young people.(Willan, 2011-01-07) Smith, RogerThis book argues for a rethink of conventional understandings of young people and crime, suggesting that interventions should be governed by a framework grounded in 'welfare + rights', rather than pejorative and punitive views of young people and their behaviour.Item Metadata only Doing social work research(McGraw Hill/Open University Press, 2009) Smith, RogerItem Metadata only Evaluation of Derby Youth Crime Prevention Initiative(De Montfort University, 2010) Smith, Roger; Welford, J.Item Metadata only Foucault’s Law: the crime and disorder act 1998(Sage, 2001) Smith, RogerItem Metadata only From child protection to child safety(Russell House, 2008) Smith, RogerItem Metadata only Globalisation, individualisation and childhood: the challenge for social work.(Routledge, 2004) Smith, RogerItem Metadata only Inter-professional learning and multi-professional practice for PQ(Sage, 2009) Smith, RogerItem Metadata only Interprofessional learning: aspiration or achievement?(Routledge, 2008) Smith, Roger; Anderson, LizItem Metadata only Interventions: Responsibility, rights or reconciliation?(Sage, 2008) Smith, RogerItem Open Access Involving young people as co-researchers: some methodological issues(SAGE, 2002-02-01) Smith, Roger; Broad, B.; Monaghan, M.The purpose of this article is to introduce and consider some of the issues which may arise in research projects seeking to engage young people as co-researchers. The article will focus on the methodological challenges faced by one research team in particular, in the design and implementation of a lottery funded project in England which is intended both to improve understanding of young people’s health needs, and to develop better strategies for meeting these. In developing the project design, the research team judged that a collaborative approach would be appropriate given the subject matter and the intended outcomes of the research. In order to achieve this, considerable thought was given to the implications of recruiting a team of young people to act as ‘co-researchers.’ As a result, a number of significant methodological issues were identified, grouped around several key themes:- practicalities; ethics; validity; and value. The article develops these questions further, identifying a number of challenges in each area, and exploring the possible consequences for research projects which involve young people as co-researchers. Based on these observations, the article goes on to discuss some of the strategies adopted by the research team carrying out the study in question, in order to address the methodological and ethical concerns identified. The article concludes that there are very real benefits to be gained by adopting participatory research methods, which clearly offset the additional demands involved in pursuing this kind of approach.Item Metadata only Learning from lives together: medical and social work students' experiences of learning from people with disabilities in the community.(Wiley Blackwell, 2010) Anderson, E. S.; Smith, Roger; Thorpe, L. N.Item Metadata only Learning from the experts: people with learning difficulties, training and learning from each other.(2006-05-01) Smith, Roger; MacDonald, F.; Shane, C.; Weeks, L.; Hart, Craig