Racist Victimisation
| DOI | 10.1177/026455059404100113 |
| Published date | 01 March 1994 |
| Date | 01 March 1994 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
Secure
Act rather than by fresh criminal justice
legislation.
Fifty-six 15 year olds were subject
Training
either to a supervision order with
IT/specified activity conditions (34 or
Orders
58%) or were servmg a YOI detention
sentence (25 or 42 % ) . If the same
proportion were to hold true for children
aged under 15 if custodial powers
In an attempt to test the Government’s
become available (though this is doubtful
claim that secure training centres are
because younger children tend to offend
needed to accommodate up to 200
less seriously), then around seven of
’persistent young offenders’, the Save the
those younger children might be
Children charity surveyed children aged
considered in need of custody. An extra
12-15 who were either the subject of a
seven secure placements would thus be
supervision order made in criminal
adequate to meet the likely demand in
proceedings or serving a sentence of YOI
the Northern region, only one of which
detention on 1 September 1993 in the
would be required for a female child.
North of England. Nine local authorities
This modest number could be easily
with Social Services responsibilities m
accommodated through a modest
the North East and Cumbria provided a
expansion of local authority secure
100 % return rate.
accommodation. Thus the economic
A total of 95 children (85 being
viability of building and staffing
boys) aged 12-14 were subject to
speciahsed centres must be called into
supervision orders, 76 being subject to
question. It would seem particularly
standard orders without special additional
impractical and unfortunate to create a
requirements. Only 19 were subject to
specialist unit for girls. The report calls
requirement of intermediate treatment or
on the Government to make available the
specified activities requirements.
figures upon which the official estimate
Fourteen (15 % ) of the supervised
of 200 needed places was calculated.
children under 15 were also
Children aged 12-14 and the Criminal Justice...
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