Discourse and Diversionary Justice: An Analysis of Youth Justice Conferencing

by Michele Zappavigna, JR Martin, J.R. Martin

Book Overview

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 examine how participants use the discourse semantic resources available to them to achieve such outcomes as reparation for the victim, reintegration of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319637622
• ISBN13: 9783319637624
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.3"