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Court decisions when sentencing young people: youth justice report

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

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

Document

Fine art or science: court decisions when sentencing young people

Ref: D108 PDF, 399KB, 85 pages

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

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