Youth, crime + justice: England and Wales

Question 1

What are the three strategies of youth justice

Answer 1

welfare
justice
intervention

Question 2

describe the welfare approach to youth justice

Answer 2

crime indicates wider problems
look at needs not deeds
best interests of the child
Risk of having more younger children in system for minor offences

Question 3

Describe the justice approach to youth justice

Answer 3

minor offenders diverted from YJS

serious offenders diverted from custody

Question 4

Describe the intervention approach

Answer 4

youth justice made a priority
radical overhaul of YJS
age of criminal responsibility reduced to 10
more forms of behaviours (ASBOS) - disorder
early intervention to pre-emptively intervene

Question 5

Describe approach to YJS in England and wales

Answer 5

they swing between welfare, justice and intervention approaches
they have no clear youth justice principles

Question 6

Describe the differences between the YJS in England and wales vs scotland

Answer 6

England and wales only reduced youth courts and they have no principle of maximum diversion minimal intervention