Roger Smith is Professor of Social Work at Durham University, UK. As a practitioner, and in a senior policy role, he specialised in youth justice, and he has pursued this area of interest in his academic research and writing (including the well-known book Youth Justice: Ideas, Policy, Practice). He has also been involved in research and publications on a wider range of subjects, including childhood (A Universal Child), social work and power (Social Work and Power), participatory methods and social work education, and he retains a continuing interest in researching and promoting children's rights in practice (Social Work with Young People).
