juvenile justice system in England and Wales in the past 30 years
The actions of the human race can be seen, albeit sometimes after careful examination, to be influenced by certain beliefs or values. In some cases the endeavours of an individual are as a response to some event; whether this reaction is deliberated over or a 'knee- jerk' one, it can normally be associated with some past occurrence. Most Acts of government reflect the ideologies of the ruling party and, in some respects, what the people of England and Wales feel strongly about at that given epoch.When studying the legislation which directs how young offenders should be treated, as this essay will do shortly, it is possible to detect certain trends. At some points the courts were directed to deal harshly with young offenders. Harsh treatment varies in severity, from hanging in the eighteenth century to the 'short, sharp, shock' of detention centres advocated more recently. A more humane approach is also detectable within the history of juvenile justice, whereby the correction or treatment of young offenders is directed away from the penal system and towards welfare experts. There is also some legislation which can be regarded as a reaction to a certain event, as has happened recently with regard to the treatment of young pe
The second White Paper 'Children in Trouble' was published in 1968, and although the authors recommended that young offenders aged 14 to 17 should be diverted away from the formal system of courts as much as possible, with the cessation of prosecution for the those aged under 14, the authors proposed that juvenile courts be retained. The result of six years consultation was the 1969 Children and Young Persons Act, which is considered to be the most welfare-oriented Act to do with young people. Judge Tumim remarked that "The statistics which in fact show a substantial fall in juvenile offending over the past 10 years are forgotten. There is a call for detention centres or for borstals or for something of that kind. It seems only too possible if such a system were to be introduced it would be likely to increase crime in the future and to inflate the prison population." The fall in the number of juvenile offenders over the last 10 years is partly accounted for by the decline in the juvenile population. NACRO NACRO BRIEFING NACRO December 1989 and Order Association for Juvenile Justice 1985
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