Young offenders and youth justice

2017 ◽  
pp. 93-110
Keyword(s):  
Young Offenders ◽  
Youth Justice

scholarly journals Realisation, instantiation and individuation: some thoughts on identity in youth justice conferencing

2009 ◽  
Vol 25 (spe) ◽  
pp. 549-583 ◽  
Author(s):  
J R Martin
Keyword(s):  
Special Reference ◽  
Restorative Justice ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Retributive Justice ◽  
Young Offenders ◽  
Youth Justice ◽  
Semiotic Resources

This paper is concerned with identity and how it can be modelled in SFL, with special reference to the roles played by young offenders in Australia's youth justice conferences. These conferences function as a restorative justice alternative to courtroom-based retributive justice. It is proposed that a hierarchy of individuation be established, alongside and complementing realisation and instantiation, responsible for users of language, the ways in which semiotic resources are allocated to them, and the ways in which they use these resources to form social groups. This hierarchy is briefly explored in relation to teenage identity.

‘I Would Have Been Able to Hear What They Think’: Tensions in Achieving Restorative Outcomes in the English Youth Justice System

Youth Justice ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 250-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Newbury
Keyword(s):  
Restorative Justice ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Young Offenders ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Youth Justice ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Present Practice ◽  
English System ◽  
Youth Offender

This article presents findings from in-depth, semi-structured interviews with young offenders and Victim Liaison Officers, and observations of youth offender panels. It focuses upon the attitudes of young offenders towards victims and their reactions to the prospect of meeting the victim of their offending face-to-face as part of their referral order. Significant tensions between the aspirations of restorative justice and the reality of present practice in the English system are examined. The article proposes change in relation to justice disposals for incipient young offenders, particularly in relation to the ubiquitous use of restorative justice approaches for this group.

Community Corrections and the Experiences of Young Male Offenders in the Hong Kong Youth Justice System

1999 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 577-594 ◽  
Author(s):  
PATRICIA GRAY
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Young Male ◽  
Criminal Careers ◽  
Young Offenders ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
Youth Justice ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Male Offenders ◽  
Community Based Rehabilitation

In the past two decades ‘decarceration’ and ‘deinstitutionalisation’ have been key themes of youth justice in the West. Restrictions have been imposed on the courts, limiting their ability to hand out residential and custodial training sentences to young offenders. As an alternative, resources have been redirected into the development and expansion of community-based rehabilitation programmes. However, in Hong Kong large numbers of young offenders continue to be placed in residential and custodial institutions after very brief criminal careers, and for crimes which do not pose a serious risk to the community. This article makes use of a recently published research study to discuss the experiences of young male offenders in the Hong Kong youth justice system, and to consider why community-based rehabilitative programmes as direct alternatives to residential training and custody have been slow to develop. It then goes on to explore how from a cultural perspective the use of community-based programmes might be justified and how they could be developed around existing sentencing guidelines.

Youth Justice Assessment Procedures

2001 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Curtis
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Life Style ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Young Offenders ◽  
Youth Justice ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Assessment Procedures

This article analyses assessment procedures for young offenders aged 10 to 17 years who receive a police Final Warning or appear before Youth Courts in England and Wales. Members of Youth Justice Teams (YOTs) use detailed ‘Asset’ forms to collate information about the background, education, life-style and personal characteristics of the young people. The replies are scored to indicate the risk of further offending and the YOTs make their recommendations for intervention. The author points out that punishment has to be proportional to the crime but many young people and their families require long-term help if they are to be diverted from crime.

Youth Justice Reforms in Norway: Professional Support for the Panopticon Society?

Youth Justice ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 147322542199526
Author(s):  
Dag Leonardsen ◽  
Therese Andrews
Keyword(s):  
Restorative Justice ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Professional Support ◽  
Young Offenders ◽  
Youth Justice ◽  
International Experiences

In 2014, Norway implemented a reform called ‘Youth supervision’ and ‘Youth sentencing’, inspired by restorative justice principles. This article presents the main content of this reform and considers experiences until today. The discussion looks at some challenges related to the reform: Will reduced imprisonment be the result? Do we see the contours of a panopticon society through this reform? Can young offenders be ‘trapped in help’, without necessary legal protection? Is there a danger of professional invasion, where diagnostic perspectives will dominate? These questions are discussed against international experiences on restorative justice reforms.

Understanding Public Opposition to a Separate Youth Justice System

1998 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 399-411 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane B. Sprott
Keyword(s):  
Justice System ◽  
Young Offenders ◽  
Youth Justice ◽  
Youth Court ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Public Opposition

This study examined the frequently reported finding that the public believes that youth court sentences are too lenient and that young offenders should be processed in the adult justice system. These beliefs, along with the view that sentences for specific cases should be harsher, were all related to one another in an Ontario, Canada, survey. However, the nature of the relationship was complex, and more detailed analyses suggested that the wish to imprison young offenders was not solely a desire for more punitive responses but instead was due, in part, to perceptions that alternatives to prison were ineffective.

Referral Orders after the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008

2011 ◽  
Vol 75 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Restorative Justice ◽  
Young Offenders ◽  
Youth Justice ◽  
Youth Court

The referral order (RO) is the volume sentence in youth justice. The Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (CJIA) made important changes to the use of ROs for young offenders. This article analyses these amendments and evaluates the extent to which they signal a move away from the original rationales for ROs. I argue that the CJIA subtly changes ROs and that this shift broadens the availability of ROs, although the significance of the changes depends in particular on how youth court magistrates view the utility of ROs and restorative justice.

scholarly journals The Adultification of the Youth Justice System: The Victorian Experience

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-113
Author(s):  
Natalia Antolak-Saper
Keyword(s):  
State Government ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Best Interests ◽  
Young Offenders ◽  
Youth Justice ◽  
Justice Model ◽  
The Media ◽  
Historical Examination ◽  
Welfare Model

In early 2018, an Inquiry into Youth Justice Centres in Victoria (Inquiry) found that a combination of a punitive approach to youth justice, inadequate crime strategies, and a lack of appropriately trained and experienced staff at youth justice centres, greatly contributed to the hindrance of the rehabilitation of young persons in detention in Victoria, Australia. In addition to identifying these challenges, the Inquiry also determined that the way in which young offenders have been described by politicians and portrayed in the media in recent times, has had a significant impact on shaping youth justice policies and practices. This article specifically examines the role of the media in the adultification of the Victorian youth justice system. It begins with a historical examination of youth justice, drawing on the welfare model and the justice model.  This is followed by a discussion of the perception and reality of youth offending in Victoria. Here, it is demonstrated that through framing, the media represents heightened levels of youth offending and suggests that only a ‘tough on crime’ approach can curb such offending; an approach that has been adopted by the Victorian State Government in recent years. Finally, the article considers how recent youth justice reforms are examples of adultification, and by not adequately distinguishing between a child and adult offender, these reforms are inconsistent with the best interests of the child.  

Young people’s knowledge of the Young Offenders Act and the youth justice system

1998 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peterson-Badali Michele ◽  
J. Koegl Christopher
Keyword(s):  
Justice System ◽  
Young Offenders ◽  
Youth Justice ◽  
Young Offenders Act
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