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Lesley McAra
Researcher at University of Edinburgh
Publications - 56
Citations - 1820
Lesley McAra is an academic researcher from University of Edinburgh. The author has contributed to research in topics: Economic Justice & Justice (ethics). The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 54 publications receiving 1649 citations.
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Youth Justice? The Impact of System Contact on Patterns of Desistance from Offending
Lesley McAra,Susan McVie +1 more
TL;DR: The authors assesses the effectiveness of the Scottish model of youth justice in the context of a growing body of international research that is challenging the ''evidence base'' of policy in many countries.
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The usual suspects?: Street-life, young people and the police
Lesley McAra,Susan McVie +1 more
TL;DR: This paper explored children's experience of policing and argued that the police may be unfairly targeting certain cat-walkers. But they did not explore the effect of cat-walking on children's mental health.
The Edinburgh Study of Youth Transitions and Crime: Informing Implementation of the GIRFEC Framework
Lesley McAra,Susan McVie +1 more
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Youth crime and justice: Key messages from the Edinburgh Study of Youth Transitions and Crime
Lesley McAra,Susan McVie +1 more
TL;DR: Based on findings from the Edinburgh Study of Youth Transitions and Crime, the authors challenges the evidence base which policy-makers have drawn on to justify the evolving models of youth transition and crime.
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Crime, Criminology and Criminal Justice in Scotland
TL;DR: A survey of Scotland's criminal justice institutions can be found in this article, with a focus on the history and politics of criminal justice in the UK and Ireland, and a survey of crime and punishment over the past 40 years.