CORRECTION NOTICE “Deterring children from crime through sentencing: can it be justified?”
| Published date | 01 August 2023 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/14732254231159268 |
| Date | 01 August 2023 |
| Subject Matter | Erratum |
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CORRECTION NOTICE “Deterring
children from crime through
sentencing: can it be justified?”
Crofts, T., Delmage, E. and Janes, L., 2022. Deterring children from crime through sen-
tencing: can it be justified?. Youth Justice, p.14732254221104896.
In the above-referenced article, the following information has been corrected:
Page 3, 4th para, the correct paragraph reads as In England and Wales, while ‘the reduction
of crime (including its reduction by deterrence)’is an express purpose of sentencing for
adults by virtue of section 57 (2) (b) of the Sentencing Act (2020), that provision does not
apply to children. The only statutory purposes for sentencing children are confirmed in the
section 58 of the Sentencing Act 2020 as the welfare principle (section 44 of the Children
and Young Person’s Act, 1933) and the requirement to prevent offending (section 37 of
Page 4, 3rd paragraph, the last sentence has been added and reads as In December 2020,
the Sentencing Council updated its guideline and removed all references to deterrence as
a principle applicable to sentencing children (Sentencing Council, 2020).
Page 18, Reference section, the below reference has been added:
Sentencing Council (SC) (2020) Schedule of changes made to sentencing guidelines and
related materials. SC.
Page 19, Legislation section, the below reference has been added:
Sentencing Act (2020). Available at: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/17/intro-
duction (accessed 18 September 2022).
The online version of the article has been corrected.
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