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.

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

This publication was withdrawn on 13 October 2021

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Applies to England and Wales

Documents

Fine art or science: court decisions when sentencing young people

Ref: D108

PDF, 399 KB, 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

Published 2 January 2009