Discourse and Diversionary Justice An Analysis of Youth Justice Conferencing /

• Main Authors: Zappavigna, Michele (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Martin, JR (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Sociolinguistics.; Semiotics.; Juvenile delinquents.; Discourse analysis.; Law and the social sciences.; Youth Offending and Juvenile Justice.; Discourse Analysis.; Socio-legal Studies.

This book analyses the Youth Justice Conferencing Program in New South Wales, Australia. Exploring this form of diversionary justice from the perspectives of functional linguistics and performance studies, the authors combine close textual analysis with ethnographic research methodologies. They exam...