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Scientific Expertise in Child Protection Policies and Juvenile Justice Practices in Twentieth-Century Belgium Vrije Universiteit Brussel
This chapter focuses on the influence of experts and various forms of scientific expertise on the Belgian juvenile justice system and child welfare policies in the 20th century. Within this specific context - the institutions devoted to the disciplinary reeducation of 'criminal' and 'deviant' subjects - expertise takes on the particular form of a procedure which introduces the authority of science into the exercise of state power, through ...
Juvenile Justice in Belgium seen through the sanctions looking-glass Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Belgium's juvenile justice system was reformed substantially in 2006 by a law entitled 'Law regarding youth welfare, the management of minors who commit deeds qualified as violations of the law, and the reparation of the damages sustained by such actions'. The Belgian law, the very title of which underlines the diversity of objectives pursued (protection, reparations and sanctions), is doubtless a fairly good example of the hesitations that are ...
Exploring the Gender Dimension in the Juvenile Justice Court. An Analysis of Court Hearings Vrije Universiteit Brussel
According to previous research findings, juvenile courts apply the law in an unequal manner to boys and girls. Juvenile justice appears more detrimental for girls given that their noncriminal behaviour is as harshly punished as the criminal behaviour of boys. But is this so called double standard also valid in the Belgian juvenile justice system? As Belgian research on this subject is scarce, little is known about the gender dimension in the ...