Youth crime and justice: Does age matter?

As The Open University celebrates its 50th anniversary, Jo Phoenix, Professor of Criminology, delivered her inaugural lecture on youth crime and justice.

In this lecture, Professor Phoenix argued that whilst understandable, the criminal justice system locks the debate about youth justice into recurring circular disagreements about justice, welfare and rights. She discussed the different ways in which social circumstances and cultural context might be better placed to differentiate in both adult and youthful law-breaking.

Watch the video of Professor Phoenix’s inaugural lecture: