Articles

• Understanding the English ‘riots’ of 2011: ‘mindless criminality’ or youth ‘Mekin Histri’ in austerity Britain?
  Charlie Cooper
• Reluctant Criminologists: Criminology, Ideology and the Violent Youth Gang
  John Pitts
• ‘First Step: Dress Cool …’ Young people’s representations of locality
  Colin Brent
• Youth Work and State Education: Should Youth Workers Apply to Set Up a Free School?
  Max Hope
• Why Youth Participation? Some Justifications and Critiques of Youth Participation Using New Labour’s Youth Policies as a Case Study
  Rys Farthing
• Models of youth work: a framework for positive sceptical reflection
  Trudi Cooper
• THINKING SPACE: Reflective Practice Meets Youth Work Supervision
  Margo Herman

Reviews

Carolyn Davies and Harriet Ward
Safeguarding Children Across Services: Messages from Research

Feminist Webs
The Exciting Life of Being a Woman: A Handbook for Women and Girls

Carolyn Jackson, Carrie Paetcher and Emma Renold (eds.)
Girls in Education 3-16: Continuing Concerns, New Agendas

Blair McPherson
People Management in a Harsh Financial Climate

Judith Milner and Jackie Bateman
Working with Children and Teenagers Using Solution Focused Approaches

Jon Ord (ed)
Critical Issues in Youth Work Management

Jo Broadwood and Nick Fine
From Violence to Resilience – Positive Transformative Programmes to Grow Young Leaders

Vanessa Rogers
Games and Activities for Exploring Feelings With Children