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This chapter begins by reviewing the historical origins of ‘specialist’ forms of child and youth imprisonment before turning attention to the contemporary global distributions of such practices. The chapter then critically explores, in turn, the key provisions of global and European human rights standards that pertain to the penal detention of young people and the impacts and outcomes of such phenomena. By drawing on a substantial body of international research and related evidence, the chapter concludes by supporting the case for replacing child and youth imprisonment with alternative community-based interventions.
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Goldson, B., Randazzo, S. (2021). Global Child and Youth Imprisonment: Histories, Human Rights Standards, Distributions, Impacts, Outcomes and Replacements. In: Gomes, S., de Carvalho, M.J.L., Duarte, V. (eds) Incarceration and Generation, Volume I. Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82265-1_3
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