Jones v. Mississippi on Life Without Parole for Youth Offenders

The South African child justice system has adopted the philosophy of restorative justice in the management of child and youth offenders in general as reflected in the preamble of the Child Justice Act 75 of 2008. Whilst restorative justice has been easily applied to less serious youth crimes generally, there seems to be some reservations regarding its appropriateness to dealing with youth sex offenders. This article looks at restorative justice approach within the context of diversion and seeks to highlight practice issues that need to be considered with regard to the application of the aforementioned approach in dealing with youth sex offenders. The article draws from the findings of a Doctoral study that the author conducted which explored this area of social work practice.

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Youth Offenders and the Deterrence Effect of Prison

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.1980326 ◽

2011 ◽

Author(s):

Justin McCrary ◽

Sarath Sanga

Keyword(s):

Youth Offenders ◽

Deterrence Effect

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Relationship between Adverse Childhood Experiences and substance use in youth offenders in Singapore

Child Abuse & Neglect ◽

10.1016/j.chiabu.2021.105072 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 117 ◽

pp. 105072

Author(s):

Adam Oei ◽

Chi Meng Chu ◽

Dongdong Li ◽

Nyx Ng ◽

Carl Yeo ◽

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Keyword(s):

Substance Use ◽

Adverse Childhood Experiences ◽

Youth Offenders ◽

Childhood Experiences ◽

Adverse Childhood

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The Contribution of Static and Dynamic Factors to Recidivism Prediction for Black and White Youth Offenders

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology ◽

10.1177/0306624x211022673 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 0306624X2110226

Author(s):

William T. Miller ◽

Christina A. Campbell ◽

Jordan Papp ◽

Ebony Ruhland

Keyword(s):

Racial Bias ◽

Black Youth ◽

Criminal History ◽

Risk Assessments ◽

White Youth ◽

Youth Offenders ◽

Black And White ◽

Dynamic Factors ◽

Recidivism Prediction ◽

The Individual

Scholars have presented concerns about potential for racial bias in risk assessments as a result of the inclusion of static factors, such as criminal history in risk assessments. The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which static factors add incremental validity to the dynamic factors in criminogenic risk assessments. This study examined the Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory (YLS/CMI) in a sample of 1,270 youth offenders from a medium-sized Midwestern county between June 2004 and November 2013. Logistic regression was used to determine the predictive validity of the YLS/CMI and the individual contribution of static and dynamic domains of the assessment. Results indicated that the static domain differentially predicted recidivism for Black and White youth. In particular, the static domain was a significant predictor of recidivism for White youth, but this was not the case for Black youth. The dynamic domain significantly predicted recidivism for both Black and White offenders, and static risk factors improved prediction of recidivism for White youth, but not for Black youth.

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