Young Offenders in UK Law

  • R v Lang
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 03 Noviembre 2005
    ... ... , in relation to the protection of the public from dangerous offenders, contained in sections 224 to 229 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003. A ... continue to be expressed as "custody for life" or "detention in a Young Offender Institution" ... 13 It is to be noted that, in contrast ... ...
  • R v Benjamin Peters, Daniel Roy Palmer and Shantelle Jamine Campbell
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 10 Marzo 2005
    ... ... linked feature of these cases arises from the fact that the offenders were young. Two of them were 19 1 / 2 years old when they committed ... ...
  • Hill v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire
    • House of Lords
    • 28 Abril 1988
    ... ... All his victims were young or fairly young women. Between July 1975 and November 1980 he committed 13 ... added risk by the adoption of a custodial system for young offenders which increased the likelihood of their escape unless due care was taken ... ...
  • Dorset Yacht Company Ltd v Home Office
    • House of Lords
    • 06 Mayo 1970
    ... ... It will be universally known that the movements and activities of young children may lead to perils not only for them but for others. Consequently ... "( c ) Borstal institutions, that is to say, places in which offenders … may be detained and given such training and instruction as will ... ...
  • Somerville and Others v Scottish Ministers (HM Advocate General for Scotland intervening)
    • House of Lords
    • 24 Octubre 2007
    ... ... to colloquially as "segregation") under rule 80 of the Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Rules 1994 ("the 1994 Rules"). The ... ...
  • Re Findlay
    • House of Lords
    • 15 Noviembre 1984
    ... ... Put shortly, parole for certain classes of offenders would not be granted save in exceptional circumstances or for compelling ... for life or a person detained under section 53 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (young offenders convicted of grave crimes), but shall ... ...
  • NA (Pakistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 29 Junio 2016
    ... ... For simplicity, we shall refer to the first category as 'medium offenders' and the second category as 'serious offenders' ... 15 ... and resisting arrest and sentenced to 15 months' detention in a young offenders' institution. On 7 November 2002 KJ was sentenced to 10 years' ... ...
  • Re McC. (A Minor)
    • House of Lords
    • 22 Noviembre 1984
    ... ... He relied on article 15(1) of the Treatment of Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 ( S.I. 1976 No. 226 (N.I. 4)). which ... pass a sentence of imprisonment, Borstal training or detention in a young offenders centre on a person who is not legally represented in that court ... ...
  • R v Oliver; R v Hartrey; R v Baldwin
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 21 Noviembre 2002
    ... ... legal consequences: namely, registration under Part 1 of the Sex Offenders Act 1997; court-ordered disqualification from working with children under ... For example, assaults on babies or very young children attract particular repugnance and may, by the conduct depicted in ... ...
  • Robinson v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police
    • Supreme Court
    • 08 Febrero 2018
    ... ... He did not attempt to arrest Williams immediately, as Williams was young and physically fit, and Willan thought that he was unlikely to be able to ... course of investigating and suppressing crime and apprehending offenders will fail the third stage of the Caparo test” (para 46). That is to ... ...
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