Crime- Children's Hearing System

Question 1

Ways the CHS can help young people in Scotland

Answer 1

Safe environment to talk about their offending behaviour.
Remove child from unsafe environment.
Get to root of the problem.

Question 2

How having a safe environment helps young people?

Answer 2

Young people are dealt differently than adult, with more empathy, so they can talk through the reasons for their offending rather than a courtroom

Question 3

Example of safe environment helping young people

Answer 3

Children under 16 are often referred to the hearing and get help from social workers, teachers and police youth action teams perhaps if they’ve been using drugs

Question 4

How removing a child from a safe environment helps young people?

Answer 4

If a child keeps offending because maybe a unstable, abusive home or a child raises concern at school because they’re always hungry or dirty they can be removed safely to stop further issue

Question 5

Example of child being removed from a unsafe environment helps

Answer 5

Child are removed to care for a period to save them from being abused. They may be as a result of neglect of basic needs like not attending school