“The 15-year-old who killed his mother was named to deter similar terrible crimes. But is such publicity counterproductive?”
The Guardian, 5th April 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Magistrates’ courts are to be ordered to sit in then early mornings, evenings and at weekends under plans to deliver a ‘short, sharp shock’ to youths who get drunk and commit offences on Friday and Saturday nights.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st March 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Plans setting out how custody for children and young people will be developed over the next three years have today [26 March] been published by the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales. (YJB)”
Youth Justice Board, 26th March 2012
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“A 12-year-old boy has become one of the youngest people to be sentenced over last summer’s riots in London.”
BBC News, 22nd March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A teenager is facing jail for attacking a Malaysian student in an ‘exceptional’ act of violence during last summer’s riots in London.”
The Guardian, 16th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A huge increase in the use of force to restrain teenage boys at a privately run young offender institution has been sharply criticised by the chief inspector of prisons.”
The Guardian, 17th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Three gang members have been given life terms for murdering a teenager who was stabbed 24 times in south-east London.”
BBC News, 16th February 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Dismal reoffending rates prove that incarcerated children who want to live a ‘normal’ life aren’t being given the support to do so.”
The Guardian, 14th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A consultation on strengthening the law on illegal firearms was launched by Home Secretary Theresa May today as part of the government’s drive to end gang and youth violence.”
Home Office, 8th February 2012
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“A student who received a criminal record for stealing bikes when he was an 11-year-old child is to launch a test case to have them expunged because it breaches his human rights, a court heard.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th February 20112
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A teenager from north London has become the first in England or Wales to be jailed for breaching a new gang injunction.”
BBC News, 1st February 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Although certain restraining measures had been taken unlawfully against young people in secure training centres for a number of years, the court had no jurisdiction to grant an order that the victims of this activity be identified and advised of their rights.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 16th January 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“The unlawful use of restraint was widespread in privately run child jails in Britain for at least a decade, a high court judge has ruled for the first time.”
The Guardian, 12th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Four men who formed the core of a ‘barbaric’ gang of badger baiters have each been jailed for 16 weeks and ordered to pay £850 in costs and compensation for killing three animals and a litter of unborn cubs.”
The Guardian, 10th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Dominic Grieve to look into leniency of sentences handed to Gary Dobson and David Norris after receiving complaint.”
The Guardian, 5th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“There has been surprise, from the Daily Mail amongst others that Dobson and Norris, now in their mid-30s, were sentenced as juveniles. Curiously, they have also been sentenced under historic law dating back to around 1993, which means they cannot be sentenced under harsh new guidance for racially aggrevated crimes.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 4th January 2012
Source: http://ukhumanrightsblog.com/
“England’s children’s commissioner has expressed concerns over guidelines allowing courts to identify young offenders involved in the summer riots, warning this could affect their safety and hurt their adult lives.”
The Guardian, 17th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“James Gethen, now 16, was given an indeterminate detention order by a judge at Leeds crown court, who heard he had significant psychiatric problems at the time he killed his mother Ann, 39. Gethen was told he must serve at least five years before he is considered for release.”
The Guardian, 15th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A 14-year-old boy caught with two handguns and live ammunition has walked from court after a judge said he could not impose a custodial sentence because Parliament had ‘tied his hands’.”
Daily Telegraph, 25th November 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The justice secretary, Ken Clarke, has reprieved the Youth Justice Board of England and Wales (YJB) from abolition in advance of an expected House of Lords defeat over the move.”
The Guardian, 23rd November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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