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The introduction of referral orders into the youth justice system

RDS is part of the Home Office. The Home Office's purpose is to build a safe, just and tolerant society in which the rights and responsibilities of individuals, families and communities are properly balanced and the protection and security of the public are maintained.

New strategies to address youth offending

… Evaluation of the, 2001

RDS is part of the Home Office. The Home Office's purpose is to build a safe, just and tolerant society in which the rights and responsibilities of individuals, families and communities are properly balanced and the protection and security of the public are maintained.

Directorate include Findings, Statistical Bulletins and Statistical Papers

2003

The Research, Development and Statistics Directorate RDS is part of the Home Office. The Home Office's purpose is to build a safe, just and tolerant society in which the rights and responsibilities of individuals, families and communities are p roperly balanced and the protection and security of the public are maintained. RDS is also part of National Statistics (NS). One of the aims of NS is to inform Parliament and the citizen about the state of the nation and provide a window on the work and perf o rm a n c e of government, allowing the impact of government policies and actions to be assessed. T h e re f o re-R e s e a rch Development and Statistics Directorate exists to improve policy making, decision taking and practice in support of the Home Office purpose and aims, to provide the public and Parliament with information necessary for informed debate and to publish information for future use.

Young Offenders: Children in Need of Protection*

Law & Policy, 2004

In an influential report, published in 2002, the Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR) judged the criminal justice system in England and Wales to be an unsuitable response to juvenile offending (Sparks and Spencer 2002). The Institute for Public Policy Research is a leading centre for New Labour intellectuals. Their report is based on an eighteen month "Crime Forum", which brought together academics, senior police, prison officers and other criminal justice practitioners. This report asserted that the children who are most likely to become persistent offenders are also most likely to have childhood experiences of victimisation and to have educational 1 difficulties. The IPPR advised that if the statutory principal aim of the youth justice system "to prevent offending by children and young people" 1 is to be realised, then consideration needs to be given to the home circumstances and the quality of life of young offenders. The report recommended that the government should establish a new "unified" system, based on the Scottish Reporter system, for assessing the nature of intervention needed by young offenders. This system would receive referrals from police, schools and parents and have the authority to require that services be provided. This article will examine the Scottish juvenile justice system and assess its advantages and disadvantages. For comparative purposes the youth justice system of France will also be considered as this model also endeavours to tackle juvenile offending within the context of the juvenile"s life circumstances. The youth justice system of England and Wales will then be studied in order to establish whether the IPPR"s recommendations are appropriate, and accordingly whether there is a need for the introduction of a wholly new approach to tackling youth crime in England and Wales. B. YOUTH JUSTICE IN SCOTLAND The origins of the Scottish system of juvenile justice date back to the report of the Kilbrandon Committee (Kilbrandon Committee 1964). The Kilbrandon Committee believed that in terms of the child"s actual needs, the legal distinction between juvenile offenders and children in need of care or protection was very often of little practical significance. Kilbrandon asserted that juvenile offending behaviour was generally indicative of a failure in the young person"s upbringing. 2 The committee argued that more often than not the problems of the "child in need" and the "delinquent child" can be traced to shortcomings in the normal upbringing process in

Black and Asian Offenders on Probation

2004

The Research, Development and Statistics Directorate RDS is part of the Home Office. The Home Off i c e 's purpose is to build a safe, just and tolerant society in which the rights and responsibilities of individuals, families and communities are p roperly balanced and the protection and security of the public are maintained. RDS is also part of National Statistics (NS). One of the aims of NS is to inform Parliament and the citizen about the state of the nation and provide a window on the work and perf o rm a n c e of government, allowing the impact of government policies and actions to be assessed. T h e re f o re-R e s e a rch Development and Statistics Directorate exists to improve policy making, decision taking and practice in support of the Home Office purpose and aims, to provide the public and Parliament with information necessary for informed debate and to publish information for future use.