scholarly journals New Zealand’s recent experiences with Military Activity Camps under the new youth justice system

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Isabella Kristina Schenk
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Young Offenders ◽  
Youth Justice ◽  
Boot Camps ◽  
Alternative Measures ◽  
Military Activity ◽  
Historic Background

<p>This research paper discusses the recent New Zealand experience of Military Activity Camps (MACs) through the implementation of the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Youth Courts Jurisdictions and Orders) Amendment Act 2010. The paper will address the fundamental principles of the youth justice system under the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989 and how the Amendment Act 2010 has created new possibilities of dealing with New Zealand’s most persistent group of young offenders. It will furthermore address the historic background of boot camps and aims to analyse how effective the introduction of MACs has been so far. Finally it will look at what alternative measures may exist in order to fight youth offending and recidivism.</p>

scholarly journals New Zealand’s recent experiences with Military Activity Camps under the new youth justice system

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Isabella Kristina Schenk
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Young Offenders ◽  
Youth Justice ◽  
Boot Camps ◽  
Alternative Measures ◽  
Military Activity ◽  
Historic Background

<p>This research paper discusses the recent New Zealand experience of Military Activity Camps (MACs) through the implementation of the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Youth Courts Jurisdictions and Orders) Amendment Act 2010. The paper will address the fundamental principles of the youth justice system under the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989 and how the Amendment Act 2010 has created new possibilities of dealing with New Zealand’s most persistent group of young offenders. It will furthermore address the historic background of boot camps and aims to analyse how effective the introduction of MACs has been so far. Finally it will look at what alternative measures may exist in order to fight youth offending and recidivism.</p>

‘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.

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.

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

‘I was flying blind a wee bit’: Professionals’ perspectives on challenges facing communication assistance in the New Zealand youth justice system

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 104-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly Howard ◽  
Clare McCann ◽  
Margaret Dudley
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Young People ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Youth Justice ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Communication Difficulties ◽  
Criminal Charges

Communication assistance is a form of specialist support for witnesses and defendants in justice settings who have been identified as having communication difficulties. This relatively new role in New Zealand is modelled on the role of the intermediary in England and Wales. This research provides a qualitative analysis of professionals’ perspectives (n = 28 participants) on the challenges of communication assistance for young people facing criminal charges in the New Zealand youth justice system. The findings of this study do not question whether or not communication assistance should exist, but rather how it might best function in practice. The overall implications are that more education and guidance for youth justice professionals is needed.

British Asian Girls, Crime and Youth Justice

Youth Justice ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 239-253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sunita Toor
Keyword(s):  
Restorative Justice ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Young Offenders ◽  
Youth Justice ◽  
Insight Into

This article provides an understanding of the role of honour ( izzat) and shame ( sharam) in the lives of British Asian girls. It indicates key facets embedded in izzat and sharam that determine and shape the experience of punishment for Asian criminal girls in Britain. In addition, the article provides an insight into why, as a consequence of izzat and sharam, Asian girls are especially invisible as offenders in the youth justice system. Finally, an understanding of izzat and sharam highlights the limitations of using restorative justice practices with Asian young offenders.

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