Reforming Juvenile Justice

von: Josine Junger-Tas, Frieder Dünkel

Springer-Verlag, 2009

ISBN: 9780387892955 , 276 Seiten

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Reforming Juvenile Justice


 

Foreword

5

Biographical Notes

8

Contents

10

Contributors

12

Trends in Youth Offending in Europe

14

Problems in Analysing the Trend of Youth Offending in Europe

14

The Use of Data to Establish Trends in Juvenile Crime

15

Official Statistics

16

Data from Victimisation Surveys

23

Comparison of Official to Victimisation Data

24

Conclusion

30

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

31

Introduction

31

Young People’s Rights in Juvenile Justice: Objectives, Principles and Ages

33

The Young People’s Rights in Juvenile Justice: What Are They?

36

Some Concluding Remarks

43

Young People’s Rights: The Role of the Council of Europe

44

The Recommendation on “New Ways of Dealing with Juvenile Delinquency and the Role of Juvenile Justice”

44

The European Rules for Juvenile Offenders Subject to Sanctions and Measures of 2008

45

Criminal Responsibility of Adolescents: Youth as Junior Citizenship

56

Historical Introduction

58

Legal Regulations

59

Practical Implications

64

Scientific Evidence

71

Adolescence as Junior Status in Law

76

Conclusions

77

Parental Responsibility for Youth Offending

79

Introduction

79

Parental Responsibility Laws in England and Wales

80

Parenting Orders in Other Jurisdictions

82

Parenting and Youth Offending

83

Parenting Orders in Practice

87

The Duty of the State to Support Families in Crisis

90

Conclusion

93

Juvenile Transfer in the United States

94

Children and Adolescents in the Early Juvenile Court

94

1960s–1990s: Crisis and Change

97

The Criminalization of Juvenile Justice

98

Towards a Revitalized Juvenile System and Reversal of Transfer Reforms

101

Implications for Policy

109

Cases Cited

111

References

111

Transfer of Minors to the Criminal Court in Europe: Belgium and the Netherlands

114

Europe

115

The Netherlands

118

Belgium

124

Conclusions and Recommendations

133

The Prevention of Delinquent Behaviour

134

Causes of Serious Delinquent Behaviour

135

Crime and Other Adverse Outcomes

141

A Global Causal Picture

142

Prediction and Prevention

143

Early Prevention for Families and Children

145

Early Intervention: For Whom?

147

The State of the Art

149

Conclusions

153

Diversion: A Meaningful and Successful Alternative to Punishment in European Juvenile Justice Systems

155

Diversion: Historical Aspects and International Instruments

155

Theoretical Background

157

Legal Provisions for Diversion

157

Examples of Diversion in Practice: The Case of Germany

158

The Practice of Diversion in Other European Countries

162

What Works with Diversion? Recidivism After Non- Intervention or After Punishment

167

Diversion and ‘Zero Tolerance’: A Contradiction?

169

Outlook

170

Restorative Justice and Youth Justice: Bringing Theory and Practice Closer Together in Europe

172

Defining Restorative Justice

173

Restorative Justice in Practice

176

Conclusions

187

Community Sanctions and the Sanctioning Practice in Juvenile Justice Systems in Europe

190

Introduction

190

Sanction Systems in European Juvenile Laws

191

New Alternatives: Inventions of the 1980s

196

Sanctioning Practice in Juvenile Justice Systems, Particularly of Youth Courts in Selected European Countries

197

Summary and Outlook

210

Custodial Establishments for Juveniles in Europe

212

International Law

212

Age Ranges

213

Types of Establishment

213

Specialised Prisons

214

Adult Prisons

214

Establishments Outside the Prison System

215

What are the Characteristics of These Kinds of Custodial Establishments for Juveniles?

215

Key Issues

217

Conclusions

220

Reforming Juvenile Justice: European Perspectives

222

Introduction

222

Young People’s Rights in Juvenile Justice

226

The Age of Criminal Responsibility

227

The Transfer of Minors to the Criminal Court

231

Parental Responsibility

232

The Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency

233

Detention of Juvenile Offenders

235

Diversion

237

Restorative Justice

238

Conclusions

239

Bibliography

241

Index

261