Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Juveniles + ASBOs
- Refers to those under 18
- Children under 10 have no reached the age of criminailty
- Youth Courts
- Cannot try difficult cases e.g Murder
- Can impose community punishment, absolute or conditional charges
- Most first offenders get given a 'refferal order'
- Work with a youth offender panel to sign a contract to prevent re-offending
- Detention and training order
- Four months to two years, half in custody and other supervised in community
- Parenting Order
- A parent must attend counselling and guidence sessions
- Cannot try serious cases but if they think the punishment is enough then they can sort it in youth courts
- Section 47 of the Children and Young Person act lets 'bona fide representives
of newspapers' attend youth court