Youth Voice is an international, multidisciplinary, refereed journal that publishes theoretical contributions and empirical studies on youth policy and issues affecting young people.

Youth Voice Journal aims to:

• provide a medium, especially for young researchers and young academics, to inform social policy and academia about the youth perspective through evidence-based research;
• provide a platform for the intellectual exchange of ideas around the globe with the aim of influencing policies and practices that affect young people;
• actively encourage and aide those young people whose voice is rarely heard by policy makers to contribute to the journal or be heard through it.

This issue focuses on debates around the big society; comprising articles on restorative justice, youth rights, democratic participation and youth violence, written by and about young people. To purchase your copy of Youth Voice Journal, please follow this link.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Editorial
Professor John Winterdyk, Chair of the Editorial Board, Director of the Centre for Criminology and Justice Research Department of Justice Studies, Mount Royal University, Canada.

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'Young Mayors: Looking at the evidence' 
Lewis Parle. IARS, Programme Director or Independent Academic Research Studies, UK.

'Youth violence & public transport: A youth-led investigation' 
Rachel Cass., Research and Editorial Assistant, Independent Academic Research Studies, UK.

'Public legal education in Canada: An overview' 
Professor Simon Fodden, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University Toronto, Canada.

'Tackling access to justice in Canada' 
Marie-Pier Leduc et al, Researcher, Éducaloi, Canada'

Youth rights: who knows what?' 
Dr. Sarah McCoubrey, Executive Director of the Ontario Justice Education Network, Canada

'Rights, responsibilities and the Big Society' 
Amy Harris and Katelynn Schoop, Research Interns at Independent Academic Research Studies, UK.

'Restorative justice: An introductory overview' 
Rachael Marsh and Ros Earis, Reseach Interns at Independent Academic Research Studies, UK

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Book Reviews:Chakraborti, N. (2010) 'Hate crime: Concepts, policy, furure directions' 
Reviewed by Dr. Theo Gavrielides, Founder and Director, Independent Academic Research Studies, UK.

Artinopoulou, V. (2010) 'Restorative justice: The challenge of modern legal systems' 
Reviewed by Stamatina Marougka, Forensic Mental Health Practitioner, Together UK, UK.

Cushman, K. (2010) 'Fires in the mind' 
Reviewed by Jack Lewars, Trustee Independent Academic Research Studies and Ifeatu Nnaobi, IARS Youth Advisory Group, UK.

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Contact:
r.smith@iars.org.uk