Young offenders and the law : how the law responds to youth offending /

Arthur, Raymond

Young offenders and the law : how the law responds to youth offending / Raymond Arthur - London : Routledge, 2010 - xiii, 142 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [130]-137) and index

Development of a separate youth justice system -- Development of the youth justice system : 1900-69 -- The youth justice system : from the Children and Young Persons Act 1969 to the present -- The impact of international law on the development of the English youth justice system -- The age of criminal responsibility and the defence of doli incapax -- Protecting the welfare of young people who offend -- Preventing youth offending -- The role of the police and the youth court in tackling youth offending -- Restorative justice in the English youth justice system -- Sentencing options available to the youth court -- Punishing parents for youth offending -- Youth offending cases in the adult Crown Court

9780415496612 (hardback) 9780415496629 (paperback)


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