Narrowing the welfare gap: Policing children and young people in the wake of Every Child Matters

Abstract

This article analyses policy changes in policing and child welfare and discusses the dilemmas faced by the police in respect of policing juveniles in a post‐Every Child Matters multi‐agency landscape. It will argue that in a climate where concern with social control appears to eclipse a concern with child welfare and a lack of clarity for the police and the increasing dependence on managerialistic processes, more children and young people may be drawn into the youth justice system.

Citation

Mortimore, J. (2007), "Narrowing the welfare gap: Policing children and young people in the wake of Every Child Matters", Safer Communities, Vol. 6 No. 2, pp. 4-10. https://doi.org/10.1108/17578043200700009