Welfare Approach Flashcards
Cause of criminality:
Personal, social, environmental factors
Responsibility is for…
Consequences not for offence
Main focus is the…
Offender - CHILD WELFARE IS PARAMOUNT
Purpose of interventions:
Treatment
Education
Protection
The objective is to respond to…
Individual needs and crime prevention
Procedures are:
Informal
Flexible
Duration of intervention is:
Indeterminate - until objective is achieved
Punishment/treatment includes 5 features:
1) wide discretion
2) informality
3) voluntary treatment (not punishment)
4) no harmful side effects
5) in proportion to individual needs
Key individuals included are:
Youth experts
Source of information is:
Social/medical reports
Focus on protection of…
Rights
No difference between offenders and non-offenders - all can be dealt with in a system designed to meet their…
Needs (not labels)
3 impacts of welfare on children and young persons:
1) wide discretion
2) designed to meet children’s needs
3) voluntary treatment (only for as long as is needed to achieve objective)
2 implications for young offenders:
1) treatment
2) consideration of needs
Implications for victims?
None - focus is on offender
2 implications for young people in general:
1) all treated the same - no distinguishing between offenders and non-offenders
2) focus on treatment to ensure no harmful side effects
‘Justice’ is for offender - 3 features:
1) their needs and what propelled them to commit crime opposed to free will
2) treatment rather than punishment (consideration of them being youth)
3) no distinguishing between offenders and non-offenders: ensures all treated fairly
No ‘justice’ for…
Effect of crime (on victims/society)
