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.
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