Children’s rights, child development and international standards
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Howard League – Re-imagining youth justice conference
2nd April 2014
Post YOT youth justice
Kathryn Brooks & Ben ByrneSurrey Youth Support Service
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Almost every set of bad outcomes lends itself to two contrasting approaches: one that calls on individuals to adapt and one that demands changes in the environmentBarry 2005
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Children’s rights, child development and international standards
Responding informally and dampening down the system
Re-balancing the ‘responsibilising’ agenda
Relationships over referrals and resilience over risk
Inclusion, integration and participation
Restorative practice and the victim of youth crime
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“youthful behaviour … that does not conform to overall social norms and values is often part of the … growth
process and tends to disappear spontaneously … with the transition to
adulthood” Riyadah guidelines (1990)
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Retribution or resolution
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If there are two young people, with equal propensity to do wrong, and one is arrested and the other not, the one who is drawn into the criminal justice system will continue longer and harder with a criminal career.
Little & Sodha (2012)
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“We are afraid to risk using simply ourown warmth and caring, and as a resultthe thousands of therapy techniqueswhich are becoming increasingly popularare intended to conceal rather thanreveal.”
Brandon 1982
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There is as yet no model that is a proven alternative to the large multi-disciplinary teams that operate in most YOTs, however active consideration needs to be given to the development of alternative approaches
Keith Ibbetson 2013
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Youth disposal distributionand the impact of youth restorative
interventions (YRIs)
13/14 (predicted)
12/13
11/12
10/11
09/10
08/09
07/08
0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500 5000
Charge/SummonsCautionTICFPNInformal Resolution
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Beyond the YOT approach – the YSS
An integrated, non-discrete service for young people who offend
Restorative diversion
Participation services not an offending service
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What Next for Youth Justice?