Age: Offending, Victimisation and policy
- Created by: Thomas Cebula
- Created on: 05-05-11 10:16
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- Policies relating to young people:
- 1. Youth inclusive Programme
- 2. Reforming Youth Justice (1992)
- 3. Every Child Matters and Youth Justice: The next steps (2003)
- 4. Juvenile justice and delinquency prevention act (US 1993)
- 5. Human rights act (1998)
- 6. Anti-Social Behaviour act (2003)
- 7. UN committee on the rights of the child.
- 8. Criminal justice and public order act (1994)
- There are many different laws, act and programmes that have been introduced in recent history in the UK to try and help and control the youth.
- Crime and Disorder act (1998):
- Biggest overhaul in juvenile justice in more than 50 years
- The result of an earlier 'white paper' ( Studies that the government conducts, when there is a problem in society) called the Misspent Youth which won New Labour the 1997 election.
- It saw the lowering of the age of criminal responsibility to 10 years.
- Laws passed:
- Anti-social behaviour law
- Reprimand and final warning systems
- Abolition of 'dolincapax'
- Parenting orders
- Youth Crime Stats:
- 70% of youth crime…
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