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.
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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