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Date: April 29, 2024 Mon
Time: 9:38 pm
Time: 9:38 pm
Results for alternatives to incarceration (juvenile offenders)
1 results foundAuthor: Northern Ireland. Criminal Justice Inspection Title: Youth Diversion: A Thematic Inspection of Youth Diversion in the Criminal Justice System in Northern Ireland Summary: Youth diversion in Northern Ireland is an important element in the overall approach to youth justice. Preventing young people from becoming involved in offending behaviour, or diverting them away from the formal justice system is not just an issue for the criminal justice system but one for the whole of society. It also involves a wide range of Government departments including Education, Health and Social Services. This inspection examined the role of the criminal justice agencies in dealing with young people who have offended and who meet the criteria for diversion as an alternative to prosecution. In Northern Ireland a lower proportion of young people under 18 convicted of committing crimes receive custodial sentences in comparison with England and Wales. The inspection found that criminal justice agencies were using restorative practice as the principal means of avoiding criminalising young people early in their lives. Youth diversion based on restorative practices is well embedded in policing principles through the system of informed warnings and restorative cautions. The Youth Justice Agency (YJA) takes the lead in restorative practice and the Youth Conference Service (YCS) is well established and has gained international repute. The appointment of specialist youth prosecutors by the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) should help to ensure that decisions taken about the method of disposal are done so with cognizance to all relevant issues. However, to deliver the best outcomes for young people as regards offending behaviour, there needs to be a co-ordination of effort across departments. There should be cross-departmental governance of the justice element of the 10-year Strategy for Children and Young People to achieve better buy-in and co-ordination of effort. The strategy should also be used to routinely draw together the justice agencies and other relevant public sector organisations as part of an overall approach. We will be returning to this theme in our forthcoming inspection of Youth Interventions. Details: Belfast: Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland, 2011. 47p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed July 28, 2011 at: http://www.cjini.org/CJNI/files/84/84f3c172-d935-4938-944c-7aca7b6ab679.pdf Year: 2011 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.cjini.org/CJNI/files/84/84f3c172-d935-4938-944c-7aca7b6ab679.pdf Shelf Number: 122193 Keywords: Alternatives to Incarceration (Juvenile Offenders)Juvenile DiversionJuvenile Offenders (Northern Ireland) |