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Title Social justice for children and young people : international perspectives / edited by Caroline S. Clauss-Ehlers, Aradhana Bela Sood, Mark D. Weist
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020
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Description 1 online resource (xxvii, 489 pages)
Summary "The goal of a social justice approach for children is 'to ensure that children, defined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child as all persons under the age of eighteen, are better served and protected by justice systems, including the security and social welfare sectors' (United Nations, 2008). Despite this worthy goal, the United Nations (UN) documents how children are rarely viewed as stakeholders in justice rules of law; child justice issues are often dealt as separate from larger justice and security issues; and when justice issues for children are addressed, it is often through a siloed, rather than a comprehensive, approach. The UN concludes: 'Access to justice, though increasingly recognized as an important strategy for protecting the rights of vulnerable groups, and thus for fighting poverty, rarely takes children into account' (United Nations Secretary General [UNSG], 2008)"-- Provided by publisher
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 17, 2020)
Subject Children's rights.
Children -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Social justice.
Children -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Children's rights
Social justice
Form Electronic book
Author Clauss-Ehlers, Caroline S., editor
Sood, Aradhana Bela, editor.
Weist, Mark D., editor.
LC no. 2019059932
ISBN 9781108551830
1108551831
1108644457
9781108644457