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3 results foundAuthor: Prior, David Title: Maturity, Young Adults and Criminal Justice: A Literature Review Summary: The focus of this review was on young adults aged 18-24 years in relation to three major bodies of literature considered relevant to maturity and young adults: neurological, psychological and criminological. The key findings are: 1. The research supports the T2A position that the level of maturity exhibited by a young adult offender should be considered within the legal and sentencing process. 2. The research points emphatically to the inappropriateness of an arbitrary age limit as the key factor for determining the judicial response that an offender should receive. 3. Neurological research identifies that brain development continues into early adulthood; the human brain is not 'mature' until the early to mid-twenties. 4. The research identifies the significant maturity factor as 'temperance', which continues to influence antisocial decision-making during young adulthood. 5. Young adulthood is a critical period when many individuals will naturally 'grow out of crime' Details: Birmingham, UK: University of Birmingham, Institute of Applied Social Studies, School of Social Policy, 2011. 42p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed June 28, 2011 at: http://www.iass.bham.ac.uk/documents/maturity-final-literature-review-report.pdf Year: 2011 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.iass.bham.ac.uk/documents/maturity-final-literature-review-report.pdf Shelf Number: 121869 Keywords: Crime and AgeMaturityRecidivismYoung Adult Offenders (U.K.) |
Author: Criminal Justice Alliance Title: Prosecuting Young Adults: The potential for taking account of maturity at the charge and prosecution stage of the criminal justice system Summary: The Criminal Justice Alliance has produced a paper, funded by the Barrow Cadbury Trust, looking at the Crown Prosecution Service and prosecuting young adults. The CPS published a new Code, which for the first time explicitly included taking the maturity of an individual into account as part of the 'public interest test', alongside other more established factors such as learning difficulties and mental health problems. This development represents a new opportunity for prosecutors to more explicitly and transparently consider the maturity of young adults, as is currently the case within the youth justice system. This research study investigates how the inclusion of the concept of maturity will work in practice, using the expertise of prosecutors to help us to understand how the concept of maturity is currently applied within the youth justice system and what lessons can be learnt to ensure the successful implementation for young adults. The document is available here. Details: London: Criminal Justice Alliance, 2013. 28p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed March 31, 2014 at: http://criminaljusticealliance.org/cps&maturity.pdf Year: 2013 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://criminaljusticealliance.org/cps&maturity.pdf Shelf Number: 132031 Keywords: Juvenile Justice ReformMaturityProsecutionYoung Adult Offenders |
Author: Howard League for Penal Reform Title: Judging Maturity: exploring the role of maturity in the sentencing of young adults Summary: substantial and growing evidence base has found that young adults aged 18-25 are a distinct group, largely because they are still maturing. Reaching adulthood is a process, not an event, and the key markers of adulthood, such as independent living, employment and establishing relationships, happen at different times for different young people. Young adults face an increased risk of exposure to the criminal justice system compared to older adults. Contact with the criminal justice system also raises the risk of adverse outcomes for young people and increases their risk of reoffending. Although hundreds of thousands of young adults are sentenced each year, in contrast to the wealth of guidance and case law concerning the sentencing of children, there is no set of principles to guide sentencers through this process or ensure that they take a tailored approach to young adults. The sentencing process presents an opportunity to apply the wealth of expertise concerning the development of young adults to achieve better outcomes. Senior court judgments and guidance concerning children, which acknowledge the reduced culpability of a person who is not yet fully mature, set a blueprint for an approach that could be consolidated and applied to young adults. This research explores 174 senior court judgments with a view to capturing current judicial treatment of young adults, with a particular focus on how judges view the concept of maturity. Key findings from the sample show: - In almost half of all sentence appeal cases involving young adults neither age nor maturity were considered. - The inclusion of age and/or lack of maturity in sentencing council guidance has not made a significant difference as to whether or not maturity is considered. - Where the relevant sentencing guideline included age and/or lack of maturity, and the court considered that factor, it was more likely to result in a reduction in the sentence on appeal. In addition, the research explored a number of references by the Attorney General in respect of sentences deemed to be unduly lenient and judgments reviewing the positive maturation of young adults who committed the offence of murder as a child. These cases illustrate that the courts are capable of taking a nuanced and thoughtful approach based on the actual development of the individual. The research suggests that professionals need to be encouraged to bring these factors to the court's attention and sentencers need to be encouraged to consider these factors of their own will. It also indicates that guidelines can make a positive difference and empower sentencers to reduce sentences on account of lack of maturity and/or age. To bring about this change, the Sentencing Council should work towards developing formal sentencing principles for young adults, similar to the principles that are in place for children. Details: London: The Howard League, 2017. 30p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed July 31, 2017 at: http://howardleague.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Judging-maturity.pdf Year: 2017 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://howardleague.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Judging-maturity.pdf Shelf Number: 146627 Keywords: Juvenile SentencingMaturityYoung Adult OffendersYouthful Offenders |