EDITORIAL BOARD
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2230.1973.tb01386.x |
| Published date | 01 November 1973 |
| Date | 01 November 1973 |
THE
MODERN
LAW
REVIEW
Volume
36
November
1973
No.
6
EDITORIAL BOARD
PROPESSOR
S.
A.
de
Smith, who
is
retiring from the Committee,
has accepted an invitation from the Committee to join the Editorial
Board. Professor
de
Smith has been a member of the Committee of
the
Review
for very many years, and was for a long time Secretary
to the
Review.
We
are delighted that he is able to continue his
association with the
Review
as a member of the Board; and we
take the opportunity of wishing him well on his assumption of the
editorship of the
Cambridge
Law
Journal.
THE CHILD, THE FAMILY AND THE YOUNG
OFFENDER-SWEDISH STYLE
(1973)
THE
Children and Young Persons Act
1969
owes much
of
its inspira-
tion to Scandinavian methods of dealing with young offenders. In
view of the current controversy surrounding the
1969
Act
it
would
seem opportune to consider the operation of the equivalent Swedish
legislation.
Whilst in both systems the aim is to minimise the significance
of the criminal act as such in the case of persons under a certain
age, in Sweden traditional positivist criminology has been far more
influential. There child offenders are automatically defined as the
products
of
detrimental psycho-social situations and hence court
proceedings are deemed inappropriate. In England criminology is
treated with some scepticism and the framework remains
a
legal one.
In Sweden, therefore,
it
is the Child Welfare Committee (CWC)-
an administrative body responsible for securing an environment
calculated to promote the well-being of every Swedish child-which
naturally assumes responsibility for children who brush with the law.
The CWCs exist within the structure of local government in
Sweden. Since January
1,
1971,
the number of Swedish municipal-
ities
(kommuner)
has been reduced to
464.
By January
1974
Sweden
mill have about
274
kommuner,
each of which appoints a CWC.
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