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Date: November 22, 2024 Fri
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Results for juvenile courts (u.k.)
2 results foundAuthor: Campbell, Tammy Title: County Court Anti-social Behaviour Co-ordinators: A Pilot Scheme Summary: This reports presents a qualitative investigation of stakeholder views on the pilot scheme, which ran from Autumn 2006 to Autumn 2007. Housing and legal professionals, along with co-ordinators themselves, were interviewed as the pilot period drew to a close. Main findings include a sense that the scheme has resulted in little impact, with county courts dealing with too few anti-social behaviour (ASB) cases to warrant a dedicated co-ordinator. However, this is tempered by some suggestion that in practice all possible ASB-related proceedings were not identified during the pilot. Participants also raised issues around the suitability and sufficienty of county court facilites for ASB cases. Details: London: Ministry of Justice, 2008. 45p. Source: Internet Resource; Ministry of Justice Research Series 13/08 Year: 2008 Country: United Kingdom URL: Shelf Number: 114419 Keywords: Antisocial Behavior (U.K.)Juvenile Courts (U.K.)Juveniles Offenders (U.K.) |
Author: Great Britain. HM Inspectorate of Probation Title: Not Making Enough Difference: A Joint Inspection of Youth Offending Court Work and Reports Summary: A team of Inspectors visited six locations in England and Wales to assess how well children and young people (under 18) were being managed through the court process by the Youth Offending Team (YOT) and other staff - from the point of charge by the police to sentence. We were looking for a service that was not only timely but also good quality - enabling magistrates and judges to make the best possible decisions at all points in the whole court process. The YOT role in court is complex and requires confidence, knowledge and considerable skills. It is the YOT's 'shop window', the place they put forward their professional view about what will best influence that young person to desist from offending, whilst acknowledging the need to protect the public and the individual's vulnerability. We found many examples of good practice, but overall our view was that there was considerable room for improvement. Too much of the time, YOT staff were too passive, both in contacting defendants and their parents/carers before court, and on the day of court itself. Too often the reports for court that we read were of insufficient quality. Although some local variation in service can be desirable when the variations represent different ways of doing it well, what we encountered was that the work to 'make a difference in court' just wasn't being done well enough often enough. Most of the improvements we recommend can and should be made locally, but we do also think that there is an 'enabling' role that would best be carried out nationally, such as to devise training packages that can be deployed locally to improve the skills of local staff. Details: London: Criminal Justice Joint Inspection, 2011. 67p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed August 22, 2011 at: http://www.justice.gov.uk/downloads/publications/inspectorate-reports/hmiprob/Court_Work_and_Reports_Thematic_Report-rps.pdf Year: 2011 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.justice.gov.uk/downloads/publications/inspectorate-reports/hmiprob/Court_Work_and_Reports_Thematic_Report-rps.pdf Shelf Number: 122440 Keywords: Juvenile Courts (U.K.)Juvenile Justice SystemsJuvenile Offenders |