New National Standards for youth justice services – Youth Justice Board
“New National Standards for Youth Justice Services have been launched.”
Youth Justice Board, 3rd April 2013
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Category: young persons
Punks and goths can now be hate crime victims – The Independent
“Greater Manchester Police is the first force to treat offences against subculture groups as hate crimes.”
The Independent, 3rd April 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Extended definition of domestic violence takes effect – Home Office
“From today [31 March] a wider definition of domestic violence, including 16 and 17 year olds and controlling behaviour takes effect.”
Home Office, 31st March 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
L-drivers face ‘minimum learning period’ in radical overhaul of driving test rules – The Independent
“A sweeping overhaul of driving test rules was announced today [25 March] by Patrick McLoughlin, the Transport Secretary, in an attempt to reduce the number of young motorists killed or seriously injured on Britain’s roads.”
The Independent, 25th March 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Violence risk’ after military tours – BBC News
“Younger members of the armed forces returning from duty are more likely to
commit violent offences than the rest of the population, a study suggests.”
BBC News, 15th March 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The strange status of 16-year-olds – BBC News
“The age of 18 is widely accepted as the start of adulthood but those one or two years younger occupy a strange twilight zone where they are given many freedoms and responsibilities but denied others.”
BBC News, 13th March 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
New guidelines could reduce wrongful convictions under ‘joint enterprise’ law – The Guardian
“Long-awaited guidance for the crown prosecution service on a law used to fight gang violence could help prevent miscarriages of justice.”
The Guardian, 5th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Parents plead for 17-year-olds in custody to be treated as children – The Guardian
“The parents of a teenager who killed himself after being arrested have pleaded for police to treat all 17-year-olds in custody as children.”
The Guardian, 26th February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Young offenders: raising the age of criminal responsibility – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
“There is a private members Bill making its way slowly through Parliament seeking a simple change in the law by replacing the word ‘ten’ with the word ‘twelve’ in s 50 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 19th February 2013
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
Regulators warned over covert surveillance of businesses thought to be selling age-restricted products to children – OUT-LAW.com
“Enforcement bodies have been warned about disproportionately invading traders’
privacy when carrying out checks over the way age-restricted products are sold.”
OUT-LAW.com, 1st February 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
Kwame Ofosu-Asare murder: Two teenagers detained – BBC News
“Two teenagers have been given life terms for the murder of a schoolboy.”
BBC News, 18th December 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Youths who abuse on Twitter may avoid prosecution – Daily Telegraph
“Prosecutors will be told to exercise ‘real caution’ before deciding to prosecute children and young people over abusive comments made on Twitter and Facebook under guidelines to be issued today, it was reported.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th December 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Mossbourne students and the law: ‘Young people don’t know their rights’ – The Guardian
“Can a better understanding of the law help students in their everyday lives and encourage the idea that anyone can have a successful legal career?”
The Guardian, 27th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Children’s experience of parental separation: research challenges law change proposal – Family Law week
“Government plans to amend the 1989 Children Act by introducing a presumption of shared parenting are well-intentioned but misguided, say the authors of new research into childhood experience of family break-ups.”
Family Law Week, 22nd November 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Newly qualified drivers may face ban on non-family passengers – The Guardian
“Newly qualified drivers could be restricted from carrying non-family members under proposals being considered by the government to cut the number of road accidents involving teenagers.”
The Guardian, 17th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Police treatment of 17-year-old suspects challenged in high court – The Guardian
“The treatment of 17-year-old suspects in police stations could be transformed if a legal challenge against the Home Office succeeds in overturning detention rules.”
The Guardian, 11th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
New definition of domestic violence and abuse to include 16 and 17 year olds – Home Office
“Victims of domestic violence and abuse aged 16 and 17 will be recognised under a new cross-government definition, deputy prime minister Nick Clegg announced today (Wednesday 19 September 2012).”
Home Office, 5th November 2012
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
Education Committee calls for earlier use of care proceedings – Family Law Week
“The House of Commons Education Committee’s report Children first: the child protection system in England calls for earlier intervention by local authorities to prevent abuse to and neglect of children.”
Family Law Week, 7th November 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.com
Urgent action call over child deaths in custody – Law Society’s Gazette
“Two national charities have called for an urgent independent review of ‘systemic failings’ that have led to the deaths of 200 imprisoned children and young people over the past decade.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 24th October 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
