Research and analysis

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.

Documents

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

Document information

Published: 2 January 2009

From: Youth Justice Board for England and Wales