Punishing 'Poor Parents': 'Respect', 'Responsibility' and Parenting Orders in Scotland

Citation

Walters R & Woodward R (2007) Punishing 'Poor Parents': 'Respect', 'Responsibility' and Parenting Orders in Scotland. Youth Justice, 7 (1), pp. 5-20. https://doi.org/10.1177/1473225406074818

Abstract
This article critiques the rise of parenting orders in Scotland within New Labour's self-styled model of 'respect' and 'responsibility'. It examines the emergence of parenting orders in Scotland, which became available in April 2005, and argues that Scottish local authorities are sceptical of an approach they perceive as an ideological and legislative mix premised on punitive notions of individual responsibility and justice.

Keywords
local authorities; parenting orders; policy slippage; punitive justice

Journal
Youth Justice: Volume 7, Issue 1