Research and analysis

Court decisions when sentencing young people: youth justice report

Study from Youth Justice Board of the reasons why some young people are sentenced to custody and others to community sentences.

Published 2 January 2009
From:
Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
Applies to:
England and Wales

Documents

Details

This report covers:

  • research methodology
  • approaches to sentencing
  • attitudes to custody
  • factors that encourage and discourage the use of custody
  • sentencing decisions in borderline cases
  • alternatives to custody
  • other influences on custody
  • conclusions
Published 2 January 2009