This article advances research on the practice of youth justice in rural contexts. Drawing on Ingold’s dwelling perspective, and empirical research with youth justice practitioners in rural England, we explore how practitioners develop their practice through their relationships to their rural working environments. We find that through these relationships, practitioners develop themselves as ‘connectors’, aiming to reduce the impact of Fordshire’s remoteness and isolation on young people; as ‘horizon stretchers’, seeking to raise aspirations and broaden imaginations; but often find themselves to be ‘outsiders’ in relation to rural communities. Accordingly, we argue that youth justice work is infused with the lived realities of the contexts in which it is practised and that ongoing debates over the localization of youth justice must take this into account.

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连接器、地平线担架、局外人：英格兰农村的青年司法实践者

本文推进了对农村背景下青年司法实践的研究。借鉴 Ingold 的居住视角，以及对英格兰农村青年司法从业者的实证研究，我们探讨了从业者如何通过他们与农村工作环境的关系来发展他们的实践。我们发现，通过这些关系，从业者将自己发展为“连接者”，旨在减少福特郡的偏远和孤立对年轻人的影响；作为“地平线担架者”，寻求提升抱负和拓宽想象力；但经常发现自己是农村社区的“局外人”。因此，