Book reviewed in this article:Locking Up Children: Secure Provision Within The Child‐Care Systemby S. Millham, R. Bullock, K. HosieSent Away: A Study of Young Offenders in Care by J. A.WalterChildren and Young Persons in Custody: Report of a N.A.C.R.O. Working Party under the Chairmanship of Peter Jay.Troubled and Troublesome: Coping with Severely Disordered Childrenby M. HoghughiSupervision Orders(Summary of the main proposals of the Swedish Committee on the Abolition of Youth Imprisonment)Violence and the Familyedited by J. P. MartinBeyond the Limits of the Law: A Comparative Study of the Police in Crisis Politicsby T. Bowd