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Negative Youth Justice (Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (What did they want to…
Negative Youth Justice
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Welfare, Justice and Diversion
Till the 1990s youth justice was just an add on to adult. Before they were treated exactly the same as adults.
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Till the 1990s the welfare of the individual was paramount, they are in the need of care. It is a cry for help as the children are in need of something. This has gone back and forth with the principle of justice which is responding to the child by the nature of the offence, they need control rather than the need of care
Youth Justice has always been dominated by one or the other. Up until the 1970's welfare was the priority and they were delt with by social workers and so on. After that is has changed to a more justice based response
Politicians tend to have a massive say and they don't tend to really pay much attention to the academics. Instead choose things that suit them.
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Youth Justice Board
Monitoring the performance of youth justice; advice on preventing and offending; identifying, disseminating and funding good practice; drawing up standards for service delivery
They are independent but have become more under the power of the government. They help inform the government on what changes in the law that needs to be made.
Performance management
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Key performance indicators - have to give annual statistics in number of: first time entrance into the youth system; reduce offending; reduce level of custody (they also want positive outcomes for the children once they leave but that isn't one of the three main things checked annually)
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Asset risk factor report
Every person who entered the system gets one of these. It works out if they will offend again. They found that they were correct 2/3 of the time
It has been rolled out, in 2003, to people who haven't offended but are 'at risk' of offending. This is for people in high problem communities or have been previously reported. It can even be used on eight or nine year olds, even if though they are underaged. This means they will get the support earlier before they enter the system
Critics say that you are labelling people, which means it could lead them to offend especially as it is used on children, so they are young and vulnerable and you are treating them like they have already committed a crime.
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