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Book Review: Juvenile Justice Management

Book Review: Juvenile Justice Management AUST.N.Z.J .C. (1974) 7 BOOK REVIEWS 255 that society must be "protected" from the young offender. Many are labelled as I juvenile offen­ ders because of the rigidity of the criminal law Book Reviews but ought to have the same rights of protection from officiousness, whatever guise it may adopt. Perhaps indeed they need to be protected from society and this is an aspect not considered in this book. Juvenile Justice Management. Edited by Gary B. Because of the lark of clarity in describing the Adams, Robert M. Carter, John D. Gerletti, Dan class of persons to whom the strategies and G. Pursuit, Charles C. Thomas, Illinois U.S.A., methods of management outlined in this book are 1973, 642 pp $19.75. directed. many of the contributions fail to crvs­ talise. lose their focus and it is difficult to detpr­ IN AMERICA some 40,000 law enforcenlent mine whether the goals and objPctives form a agencies, probation and parole departments. reasonable scheme. correctional institutions and related community­ Despite its shortcomings there are some valu­ based organisations are involved with the man­ able chapters which are relevant to Australia agement of the juvenile offender. Although there and it is useful to be able to study a systenl of is some interrelation between the components on management of the young offender designed for an intra-state basis each State system normally this purpose ra ther than having to transplant functions independently and autonomously. The general management theories to this spflcialisf'd editors describe this as a "non-system" marked field. by an unequal quality of justice, inadequate fis­ The chief value of the book lies in this area and cal, manpower and training resources, shortages particularly in acknowledging and illustrating in equipment and facilities and lack of relevant that nlethods of management can, and ought. to research and evaluation to provide some meas­ be incorporated· into the system of justice and ure of effectiveness. correction. The purpose of this book is twofold. First. to The management methods suggested could explore methods of effecting change and devel­ merely supplant a disorganised "non-system" oping a blueprint for a system which terminates for a highly structured bureaucracy. My reserva­ criminal and juvenile justice provincialism and tion is that this is an undesirable feature if its, requires systematic and co-operative planning consequence is the sacrifice of the individual for by all agencies concerned with crime and the the benefi t of the organisation. Drucker has re­ criminal and delinquency and the delinquent. rparked that each member of an organisation Second, to organise the product of this enquiry must pull in ttie same direction and "their contri-· into a text for use in educating police, probation butions must fit together to produce a whole ­ officers and other personnel involved in the man­ without gaps, without friction, without unneces­ agement and correction of juvenile offenders. sary duplicafionof effort". "Management" emerges from this book as inculcating a method The material was collected under the auspices of control with little recognition of the need for of grants from various government agencies and self-control and determination in the client. the University of California and comprises con: tributions from 24 authors, the majority of whom LYNNE FOREMAN are senior members of the academic staff of Criminology Department, various universities representing the faculties of Melbourne iJniversi ty. public and business administration, law, sociolo­ gy and criminology. Understanding Law, by Richard Chisholm· and· Garth Nettheim, Butterworths, 1974, 107 pp., It includes a chapter on the nature and extent $2.00 .of juvenile delinquency, and sections devoted to THIS witty, informative and immensely read­ organisation and management, planning and co­ able little book should be placed on the reading ordination, prevention and management pro­ list of all non-lawyers on the periphery of law in grams, police and community relations and re­ Australia. The authors, both lawyers on the staff search and evaluation methods. Because of the at. the University of New South Wales Law diversity of authorship the standard of contribu­ School, have managed the difficult task of com­ tions varies and at times the topics are some­ municating in simple, ·lay terms, some of the what repetitive. bases underlying our legal system, and some of The introductory section discusses the nature the intricacies within it. The resulting demysti­ and extent of juvenile delinquency and appears fica tion of the law, the legal profession and the to accept tacitly the labelling of all youthful mis­ impact of these on the lives of every citizen is the behaviour as delinquent. Although the authors obvious goal of this work, and it succeeds admi­ agree that the ma.lority of offences committed rably. by juveniles are of a minor nature, there is no An example of the ease wi th which the authors dIscussion of the diverse types of behaviour have conveyed their message is the chapter on which might be considered minor offences or of case law. Starting with an imaginary case, then the desirability of excluding sonle of these acts moving to a real case, and concluding with an from the scope of the criminal law. On the con­ invitation for the reader himself "to be the tra ry, the editors of the book express the view judge", they have captured the essence Qf the that the "protection of society comes firsf' and operation and, at the same time, have-simplified http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology SAGE

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AUST.N.Z.J .C. (1974) 7 BOOK REVIEWS 255 that society must be "protected" from the young offender. Many are labelled as I juvenile offen­ ders because of the rigidity of the criminal law Book Reviews but ought to have the same rights of protection from officiousness, whatever guise it may adopt. Perhaps indeed they need to be protected from society and this is an aspect not considered in this book. Juvenile Justice Management. Edited by Gary B. Because of the lark of clarity in describing the Adams, Robert M. Carter, John D. Gerletti, Dan class of persons to whom the strategies and G. Pursuit, Charles C. Thomas, Illinois U.S.A., methods of management outlined in this book are 1973, 642 pp $19.75. directed. many of the contributions fail to crvs­ talise. lose their focus and it is difficult to detpr­ IN AMERICA some 40,000 law enforcenlent mine whether the goals and objPctives form a agencies, probation and parole departments. reasonable scheme. correctional institutions and related community­ Despite its shortcomings there are some valu­ based organisations are involved with the man­ able chapters which are relevant to Australia agement of the juvenile offender. Although there and it is useful to be able to study a systenl of is some interrelation between the components on management of the young offender designed for an intra-state basis each State system normally this purpose ra ther than having to transplant functions independently and autonomously. The general management theories to this spflcialisf'd editors describe this as a "non-system" marked field. by an unequal quality of justice, inadequate fis­ The chief value of the book lies in this area and cal, manpower and training resources, shortages particularly in acknowledging and illustrating in equipment and facilities and lack of relevant that nlethods of management can, and ought. to research and evaluation to provide some meas­ be incorporated· into the system of justice and ure of effectiveness. correction. The purpose of this book is twofold. First. to The management methods suggested could explore methods of effecting change and devel­ merely supplant a disorganised "non-system" oping a blueprint for a system which terminates for a highly structured bureaucracy. My reserva­ criminal and juvenile justice provincialism and tion is that this is an undesirable feature if its, requires systematic and co-operative planning consequence is the sacrifice of the individual for by all agencies concerned with crime and the the benefi t of the organisation. Drucker has re­ criminal and delinquency and the delinquent. rparked that each member of an organisation Second, to organise the product of this enquiry must pull in ttie same direction and "their contri-· into a text for use in educating police, probation butions must fit together to produce a whole ­ officers and other personnel involved in the man­ without gaps, without friction, without unneces­ agement and correction of juvenile offenders. sary duplicafionof effort". "Management" emerges from this book as inculcating a method The material was collected under the auspices of control with little recognition of the need for of grants from various government agencies and self-control and determination in the client. the University of California and comprises con: tributions from 24 authors, the majority of whom LYNNE FOREMAN are senior members of the academic staff of Criminology Department, various universities representing the faculties of Melbourne iJniversi ty. public and business administration, law, sociolo­ gy and criminology. Understanding Law, by Richard Chisholm· and· Garth Nettheim, Butterworths, 1974, 107 pp., It includes a chapter on the nature and extent $2.00 .of juvenile delinquency, and sections devoted to THIS witty, informative and immensely read­ organisation and management, planning and co­ able little book should be placed on the reading ordination, prevention and management pro­ list of all non-lawyers on the periphery of law in grams, police and community relations and re­ Australia. The authors, both lawyers on the staff search and evaluation methods. Because of the at. the University of New South Wales Law diversity of authorship the standard of contribu­ School, have managed the difficult task of com­ tions varies and at times the topics are some­ municating in simple, ·lay terms, some of the what repetitive. bases underlying our legal system, and some of The introductory section discusses the nature the intricacies within it. The resulting demysti­ and extent of juvenile delinquency and appears fica tion of the law, the legal profession and the to accept tacitly the labelling of all youthful mis­ impact of these on the lives of every citizen is the behaviour as delinquent. Although the authors obvious goal of this work, and it succeeds admi­ agree that the ma.lority of offences committed rably. by juveniles are of a minor nature, there is no An example of the ease wi th which the authors dIscussion of the diverse types of behaviour have conveyed their message is the chapter on which might be considered minor offences or of case law. Starting with an imaginary case, then the desirability of excluding sonle of these acts moving to a real case, and concluding with an from the scope of the criminal law. On the con­ invitation for the reader himself "to be the tra ry, the editors of the book express the view judge", they have captured the essence Qf the that the "protection of society comes firsf' and operation and, at the same time, have-simplified

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