Young offenders and the law
Subtitle: how the law responds to youth offending
By: Raymond Arthur
Publisher: Routledge; Brand: Routledge
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 142
ISBN-13: 9780415496612; 9780415496629; 9780203878163
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [130]-137) and index.
Table of contents: title: Development of a separate youth justice system; title: Development of the youth justice system : 1900-69; title: The youth justice system : from the Children and Young Persons Act 1969 to the present; title: The impact of international law on the development of the English youth justice system; title: The age of criminal responsibility and the defence of doli incapax; title: Protecting the welfare of young people who offend; title: Preventing youth offending; title: The role of the police and the youth court in tackling youth offending; title: Restorative justice in the English youth justice system; title: Sentencing options available to the youth court; title: Punishing parents for youth offending; title: Youth offending cases in the adult Crown Court.