Young Offenders in UK Law
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Sentencing young offenders
This article presents findings from a survey that systematically explores public opinion, youth crime and justice in England and Wales. Particular emphasis was place...
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Assessing Recidivism Risk Among Young Offenders
Abstract The development of a recidivism risk index for use with young offenders is described. A construction sample was drawn from the first 458 incarcerated ...
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The Police, Intelligence, and Young Offenders
The government and the Youth Justice Board of England and Wales have placed considerable emphasis on robust community interventions for young offenders, and the vital role of multi-agency work in Y...
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Young Offenders, ‘Secure Colleges’ and Reforming Criminals
The UK government has decided on a policy goal that is set out in the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill 2014. This goal is to invest in ‘Secure Colleges’, which are institutions planned to make youn...
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Policing Young Offenders: What Role Discretion?
Although police exercise wide discretionary powers when carrying out their general patrol duties, it is with respect to young people that these powers are the most extensive. The present research e...
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Young offenders’ experiences of an indeterminate sentence
Purpose: – The purpose of this paper was to understand the experience of those living with the Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence. Design/methodology/approach: – Interpretative Phen...
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Personal networks and desistance from crime in young offenders
In this article we analyse the structure, composition and relational resources of young offenders’ personal networks in order to identify how they are related to desistance. We present a mixed-meth...
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Developmental factors and drug use in young offenders
Purpose: Young offenders are known to have more chaotic experiences in childhood than non-offenders, and this impacts on their attachments, coping styles and early maladaptive schemas (EMS). The pu...
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Young offenders with mental health problems in transition
Purpose: – Disproportionately high numbers of young people in the British criminal justice system also have mental health problems. Relevant services often struggle to meet such complex needs, part...
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Understanding ‘What Works’: Accredited Cognitive Skills Programmes for Young Offenders
This research assessed effectiveness of prison-based cognitive skills programmes for young offenders in England and Wales, using reconviction as the outcome measure. ...
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