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Young People
Youth justice in Wales
This report considers that in the event that powers over youth justice are devolved, the focus on the “secure estate” should not obscure the wider discussion that needs to be had about how Welsh children are treated in the youth justice system.
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Young People
Young, Adult and No Support
£15.00
This publication is intended to be a guide for any practitioners who work with vulnerable young adults. We hope that this will be a useful guide for people to understand the rights and entitlements of young adults and assist in enabling practitioners to promote access to suitable support for young adults.
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Young People
Policing
Human rights and justice
They couldn’t do it to a grown up
The Howard League for Penal Reform has discovered that around 1000 children last year were given an additional punishment at the midpoint of their Detention and Training Orders (DTOs), when they could not be further detained without a court order
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Policing
Human rights and justice
Young People
On our side?
U R Boss has highlighted a number of serious concerns about the police. Some young people feel that the police do not care about young people and some experience racism or serious bad practice.
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Sentencing and the law
Policing
Community Sentences
The ASBO: Wrong turning, dead end
£12.95
The ASBO: Wrong Turning, Dead End Chief Superintendent Neil Wain, of Greater Manchester Police, questions the success of ASBOs in preventing further crime and anti-social behaviour. (2007)
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Young People
Sentencing and the law
Human rights and justice
Probation
Parole 4 Kids
£10.00
The law requires more exacting standards of fairness on the part of authorities dealing with children. This report sets out the reasons why special mechanisms for a child going through the parole process should be introduced.
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Resettlement
Sentencing and the law
Public legal education: An evaluation
Public Legal Education (PLE) training was delivered on the issue of resettlement, which had been identified as a major issue by U R Boss participants. This evaluation discusses the origins, developments and achievements of the PLE programme.
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Community Sentences
Probation
Human rights and justice
Sentencing and the law
Deaths on probation
The Howard League’s research, by Professor Loraine Gelsthorpe, Nicola Padfield and Jake Phillips of Cambridge University, analyses data on people dying under probation supervision and is the first time such a study has been carried out.
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Sentencing and the law
Community Sentences
Indeterminate Sentences for Public Protection
£5.00
Drawing on a range of sources, including public documents and interviews, this report illustrates that the Indeterminate Sentence for Public Protection (IPP) has been ill-conceived and is ultimately flawed.
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Sentencing and the law
Prisons
The never-ending story
This research briefing presents research on the impact of indeterminate sentencing on the prison regime.
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