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| Published date | 01 June 1980 |
| DOI | 10.1177/026455058002700211 |
| Date | 01 June 1980 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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93%
of
Juvenile
Crime
is
non-violent
The.
offences
committed
by
93
per
cent
of
juvenile
offenders
do
not
involve
violence,
sex
or
robbery,
and
for
those
sent to
borstal
the
figure
is
84
per
cent.
Seven
per
cent
of
those
aged
between
14
and
17
found
guilty
of
or
cautioned
for
indictable
offences
in
1978
were
in-
volved
in
violence
against
the
person,
sexual
offences
or
robbery.
The
majority
of
juvenile
offenders
in
the
same
year
were
involved
in
theft
or
handling
stolen
goods.
the
number
of
juveniles
committed
to
borstal
rose
from
818
in
1969
to
2,117
in
1978,
and
the
number
sent
to
deten-
tion
centres
increased
from
2,228
in
1969
to
6,303
in
1978.
75
per
cent
of
the
juveniles
leaving
detention
centres
and
85
per
cent
of
those
leaving
borstals
are
convicted
of
further
offences
within
the
next
two
years.
-The
rate
of
crimes
committed
by
boys
peaked
in
1974
and,
since
then,
has
fallen
in
three
of
the
last
four
years;
-There
is
no
evidence
that
the
1969
Children
and
Young
Persons
Act
(imple-
mented
in
1971)
affected
juvenile
offend-
ing.
The
relationship
between
juvenile
and
adult
crime
rates
has
remained
fairly
constant
over
the
last
decade,
juvenile
offenders
generally
comprising
about
30
per
cent
of
all
offenders
in
England
and
Wales;
..
-There
has
been
a
marked
increase
in
the
cautioning
of
juveniles
bv
the
police.
However,
there
is
considerable
variation
in
police
practice
and
the
proportion
of
young
male
offenders
cautioned
varies
from
34 per
cent
in
Humberside
to
67
per
cent
in
Essex;
-The
peak
age
for
committing
offences
is
15 for
males
and
14
for
females.
Thereafter,
offending
rates
decline
steadily,
indicating
that
most
juvenile
offnders
leave
delinquency
behind
them
as
they
grow
older.
Source:
&dquo;Some
Facts
About
Juvenile
Crime&dquo;,
available
free
from
New
Approaches
to
Juvenile
Crime,
169
Clap-
ham
Road,
London
SW9
OPU.
Alternatives
to
Prison
’
Extracts
from
NACRO
briefing
sheet
(22/2/80)
available,
free,
from
169
Clap-
ham
Road,
London
SW9
OPU.
A
very
useful
sheet
detailing
all
the
options
(9
in
all)
which
could
be
handed
out
at
talks,
conferences,
etc.
:
-
Fines:
Over
50 per
cent
of
ofi’enders
found
guilty
by
the
courts
are
fined:
1,655,832
in
1978.
According
to
the
1978
Criminal
Statistics,
most
of
those
sen-
tenced
for
violence
against
the
person,
theft
and
handling
stolen
goods
and
criminal
damage
were
fined.
It
has
been
shown
in
the
Home
Officer
Research
Unit
Study,
Fines
in
Magistrates’
Courts,
that
offenders
who
are
fined
are
less
likely
to
be
reconvicted
within
2
years
of
sentence
than
offenders
with
similar
characteristics
dealt
with in
other
ways.
16,442
were
sent
to
prison
four
fine
de-
fault
in
1978;
a
considerable
number,
although
a small
proportion
of
the
num-
ber
of
people
fined.
£71,246,594
was
received
in
fines
during
the
financial
year
1977-78.
.
Probation
Orders:
There
has
been
a
marked
decline
in
the
proportion
of
offenders
given
probation
orders
and
in
the
absolute
numbers
of
such
orders.
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