Young offenders and the law : how the law responds to youth offending / / Raymond Arthur

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910458660903321
• Autore: Arthur Raymond
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Routledge, , 2010
• ISBN: 1-134-00486-9; 1-134-00487-7; 1-282-64008-9; 9786612640087; 0-203-87816-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (157 p.)
• Disciplina: 345.42/08
• Soggetti: Juvenile justice, Administration of - England; Juvenile delinquency - England; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Preface; Part I: Historical development of the English youth justice system; 1 Development of a separate youth justice system - historical perspectives; 2 Development of the youth justice system - 1900-69; 3 The youth justice system - from the Children and Young Persons Act 1969 to the present; Part II: Legal principles underpinning the English youth justice system; 4 The impact of international law on the development of the English youth justice system; 5 The age of criminal responsibility and the defence of doli incapax; 6 Protecting the welfare of young people who offend7 Preventing youth offending; Part III: The English youth justice system in practice; 8 The role of the police and the youth court in tackling youth offending; 9 Restorative justice in the English youth justice system; 10 Sentencing options available to the youth court; 11 Punishing parents for youth offending; 12 Youth offending cases in the adult Crown Court; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: How does the law deal with young offenders, and to what extent does ; the law protect and promote the rights of young people in conflict with the law? These are the central issues addressed by Young Offenders and the Law in its examination of the legal response to the phenomenon of youth offending, and the contemporary forces that shape the law.This book develops the reader's understanding of the sociological, criminological, historical, political, and philosophical approaches to youth offending in England and Wales, and also presents a comparative review of developments in ot