Children, Health and Crime
| Published date | 01 September 1999 |
| Author | Carmen Neckles |
| DOI | 10.1177/026455059904600312 |
| Date | 01 September 1999 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
sentenced prior to 1 st October 1995 are
measures to tackle one dimension of the
only offered contact in the case of lifers.
relationship will be likely to have a
Using these two models Crawford and
positive impact on the other&dquo;.
Enterkin examine how workers who
The statistics reflect the highly
contact victims view their roles, keep
complex picture of offending, poor health,
records, produce and use reports and liaise
drug and alcohol misuse and educational
with others. They outline how these
problems. Drawing on the evidence of a
differing practices impact upon victims
number of studies, the report states that:
and how lack of clarity at national level
.
Children and young people account
has led to differing services being
for a quarter of all known offending;
developed.
.
50% of remanded young males and
They conclude by producing a series of
over 30% of sentenced young males have
recommendations to develop future good
a diagnosed disorder;
practice. This report will be of use to all
.
levels of staff within the Probation Service
40% of young prisoners reported
and also to others interested in how good
having a long-standing physical illness,
practice
which is about double the
can be further strengthened to
figure for the
produce
general population;
a service that is responsive and
appropriate to victim’s needs.
.
79% of 13 year olds had drunk
alcohol and 29% usually drink once a
Victim Contact Work and The Probation
week; while a recent two-year survey
Service: A
Study of Service Delivery and
found that 61 % of young people arrested
Impact, by Adam Crawford and Jill
tested positive for drugs (excluding
Enterkin. Published by the Centre for
alcohol);
Criminal Justice Studies, University of
.
Leeds, 1999, £10.
School exclusions among young
prisoners were four times that for older
Monica Morris
inmates in one sample; and 33% of men
Probation Officer with Lead Role in
and 21 % of women had learning
Victim Issues, West Glamorgan
difficult...
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