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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.
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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 am“Tayside’s young girl crimewave” Evening Telegraph
“Dundee man jailed for teenage sex crimes” BBC
Posted by MM on Fri 9th Jul 2010 at 9:38 am“Three–year–old victim of race hate crime” Evening Telegraph
Posted by MM on Wed 30th Jun 2010 at 9:00 amThe following motion will be debated after 5pm on Wednesday 30th June in the Scottish Parliament.
“S3M-6377# Aileen Campbell: Perspectives of Children and Young People with a Parent in Prison — That the Parliament welcomes the report, Perspectives of Children and Young People with a Parent in Prison, issued by the Commissioner for Children and Young People in Scotland and Families Outside and which explores the experiences of children and young people who have had a family member sent to prison; welcomes the consideration that has already been given to this important issue during the proceedings of the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Bill; notes with concern the finding of the report that each year as many as 16,500 children across Scotland, including the South of Scotland region, will experience the imprisonment of a parent or carer, and believes that a cross–party approach is the best way to ensure that the rights of the children of offenders, who are often the innocent and forgotten victims of crime, are respected in the legal system.”
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Posted by MM on Mon 28th Jun 2010 at 9:07 am“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 am“Scotland leads way as ‘inhumane’ asylum system is overhauled” Scotsman
“Failed asylum seekers may be tagged, says Immigration Minister” Times
“Review of child detention launched in Glasgow” BBC
“New review into asylum seeker system announced” Herald
Press release
“Public meeting on child detention” Home Office
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Review into ending the detention of children for immigration purposes (June to July 2010) Closes 1 July.
Posted by MM on Tue 15th Jun 2010 at 9:06 am“Potential criminals must be targeted ‘before they are born’, says police chief” Daily Record
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CjScotland 15.6.10: Shearer on class, deprivation and ending ‘universal’ policing
Posted by MM on Mon 14th Jun 2010 at 11:39 am