Children and Young People in Custody

by Blyth, Maggie

• ISBN13: 9781847422613
• ISBN10: 1847422616
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-11-19
• Publisher: Policy Pr

Summary

"This report brings together contributions from leading experts on young people and criminal justice to critically examine current policy and practice. There are vital questions for both policy and practice on whether the configuration of the current secure estate reduces reoffending or whether other forms of residential placements are more effective. The report looks at current approaches to the sentencing and custody of children and young people, prevention of reoffending and a range of alternative regimes."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. iv
Foreword	p. v
Notes on contributors	p. vi
Introduction	p. 1
Children in custody	p. 9
Types of secure establishment	p. 23
The cost of custody: whose responsibility?	p. 35
Sentencing young people	p. 45
Child deaths in the juvenile secure estate	p. 55
Sentenced to education: the case for a 'hybrid' custodial sentence	p. 69
Young people and parole: risk aware or risk averse?	p. 83
Ten years on: conclusions	p. 97
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