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“ASBOs for teenagers cost £500k per yob” Daily Record
“Thug Strategy Short On Detail” Daily Record
“The 14 youth Asbos that have cost Scots £7m” Herald
“Flagship junior Asbos cost £½m each in taxpayers’ cash” Scotsman
“Teen Asbos cost Scotland £500,000 each” Times
“Junior Asbos ‘cost £500,000 each’” BBC
“Scots paying £500,000 for every Asbo on youths” Evening Times
“New approach to preventing youth crime” Evening News
“Costs of junior ASBOs revealed” Law Society Journal Online
Following posted on 19.06.08
“Focus on empowering young people in new bid to cut youth offending” Herald
“Call for alternative to custody for youths” Herald
Press release
“Offending by young people” Scot.Gov.
See also
Scottish Parliament Official Report 19.6.08. The Minister for Community Safety (Fergus Ewing): I am delighted to present to the Parliament a new youth justice framework, “Preventing Offending by Young People: A Framework for Action”.
Scottish Government (June 2008). Preventing Offending by Young People: A Framework for Action
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“1700 Scottish children abused in a year” Herald
Posted by MM on Mon 26th Jul 2010 at 12:07 pmUpdate
“Criminalising children: Current, and proposed, legislation gives rise to anomalies regarding children and criminal records, but the Children’s Hearings Bill could be used to provide a solution” Law Society Journal Online Article by Professor Kenneth Norrie, University of Strathclyde.
Following posted on 2.7.10
“Children’s lives being ruined by panel records” Herald
“Concern over kids’ criminal records” Evening Times
“Disclosure checks ‘give false reassurance’” Herald
“Hearing referrals ‘can damage life prospects’” Law Society Journal Online
“A Life Sentence? Criminalisation, Children’s Hearings and Enhanced Disclosure”;
This workshop will explore the changes which have been made to the criminal convictions disclosure process over the past decade, with a particular focus on their implications in respect of young people referred on offence grounds to the Children’s Reporter. How well informed are children and families about the disclosure process and implications of accepting offence grounds? What are the consequences for the young people whose early childhood transgressions remain on record for so long?
And how can we better manage the risks of the few children and young people who do pose a significant risk of harm to others?
Speakers include: Tam Baillie (Scotland’s Commissioner for Children and Young People), Malcolm Schaffer (Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration) and David Strang (Chief Constable, Lothian and Borders Police).
The event is organised by The Edinburgh Law School Empirical Legal Research Network in association withThe Scottish Child Law Centre and The Scottish Human Rights Commission. Workshop starts at 14:00 in LT175, Old College, University of Edinburgh. Lunch at 12:30 in the Lorimer Room. This event is free but places are limited (including a small number of lunch places on a first come first served basis). Please register in advance by emailing
Posted by MM on Mon 26th Jul 2010 at 8:40 amUpdate
“Prisoners could be freed early if they take exams” Express
Following posted on 18.1.10
“Fifty per cent of male prisoners are illiterate” STV
“Male inmate illiteracy ‘shocking’ ” BBC
Press release
“Reducing crime through learning and skills” Scot.Gov. (July 2010)
See also
Offender Learning: Options for Improvement: The Scottish Government’s Response (July 2010)
Scottish Government (2010) Learning in Custody: Report of the Offender Learning in Custody Workstream
Scottish Government (2010): Offender Learning In Community Workstream Report
Scottish Government (2010): Offender Learning: Options for Improvement
Scottish Government (2010): Young Offender Learning and Skills Workstream Report | Executive Summary
“Key vote on children’s hearings reform” BBC
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“MSPs back national children’s panel body” Herald
“Committee publishes report on Children’s (Scotland) Bill” Law Society Journal Online
Following posted on 25.2.10
“Our Bill addresses concerns over the troubled young” Herald
Press releases
“Hearing reforms clear first hurdle” Scot.Gov.(June2010)
“Children’s Hearings Bill” Scot.Gov. (February 2010)
“SCRA welcomes publication of Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Bill” SCRA
See also
Scottish Parliament Official Report 16.6.10: Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1
Stage 1 Report on the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Bill (June 2010)
Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Bill
Scottish Government Children’s Hearings System Reform page
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Maggie Mellon (December 2009) On getting a good hearing: reform and justice for children
Posted by MM on Thu 17th Jun 2010 at 8:44 amUpdate
“On the streets where gangs are a way of life” Evening Times
Following posted on 26.5.10
“At sharp end in anti–gang war” Evening Times
Following posted on 25.5.10
“Gang fear grips city” Evening Times
Posted by MM on Fri 28th May 2010 at 8:14 am“Untrained police interviewers ‘allow sex offenders to go free’” Times
See also
Forensic interviews with children in Scotland: A survey of interview practices among police. by David La Rooy, University of Abertay, et al., What happens when interviewers ask repeated questions in forensic interviews with children alleging abuse? by David La Rooy, University of Abertay, et al., Do we need to rethink guidance on repeated interviews? by David La Rooy, University of Abertay, et al. all – available from SIPR research briefings
Posted by MM on Wed 12th May 2010 at 11:06 amUpdate
“Report questions benefit of youth courts” Law Society Journal Online
Following posted on 18.01.08
“Ministers slated over youth courts delay” Courier
“Plea to keep youth courts” Evening News
“Labour anger as youth courts plans shelved” Evening Times
“Youth courts expansion ‘on hold’” BBC
“MacAskill defends decision to put youth courts on hold” Herald
“Halt on youth courts expansion” Law Society Journal Online
Following posted on 17.01.08
“Dismay as youth court plans are put on hold” Herald
“Tackling youth crime” Herald
Following posted on 27.11.06
“More youth courts planned” Holyrood.com
“Number of youth courts set to expand” Law Society Journal Online
“Youth Court pilot to be expanded” BBC
Press releases
“Expansion of youth courts” Scot. Exec.
“Jamieson Announces Plans for New Youth Courts” Tayside Police
See also
Review of the Hamilton and Airdrie Youth Courts (Scottish Government April 2010)
Evaluation of the Airdrie and Hamilton Youth Court Pilots (November 2006) | Summary
Evaluation of the Airdrie Sheriff Youth Court Pilot (November 2006) | Summary
Evaluation of the Hamilton Sheriff Youth Court Pilot (June 2005)
Piacentini, L, Walters, R. (2006) The Politicization of Youth Crime in Scotland and the Rise of the ‘Burberry Court’. Youth Justice, Vol. 6, No. 1, 43-59. Sage.
Also
CjScotland 6.11.06: Executive interference with youth court research findings claimed
“Cops launch 3D campaign to warn youths of gang dangers” Evening Times
See also
Strathclyde Police Collective Violence and Knife Crime Campaign
http://www.bebo.com/BreakTheCircle
“Turning lives around” Herald
See also
Posted by MM on Tue 6th Apr 2010 at 8:21 am