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  • Resource on children and young people in conflict with the law: policy, practice and legislation

    Date: 9th February 2024
    Category: Special Protection Measures, Children in conflict with the law
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    This new resource provides the latest information on policy, practice and laws for practitioners and managers who work with children and young people in conflict with the law. There is information on a wide variety of themes, including children’s rights; risk management; mental health; diversity; restorative justice; adversity and trauma; and diversion from prosecution.

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  • New resource on children and young people in conflict with the law

    Date: 2nd August 2022
    Category: Children in conflict with the law
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    This resource provides the latest information on policy, practice and laws for practitioners and managers who work with children and young people who offend or are at risk of offending.

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  • Updated Guide to the Scottish Justice System for children in conflict with the law

    Date: 17th September 2021
    Category: Children in conflict with the law
    Author: Children and Young People's Centre for Justice

    Together with Iriss, CYCJ has relaunched their interactive resource, ‘The child’s journey: A guide to the Scottish justice system’ which is aimed at helping children, young people, families and also practitioners to better understand the Scottish justice system when a child is in conflict with the law.

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  • Animation on the use of bail and remand with children across Scotland

    Date: 3rd September 2021
    Category: Children in conflict with the law, Children of prisoners
    Author: Children and Young People's Centre for Justice

    Co-produced with young people and developed by graphic artist Sarah Ahmad, this animation hopes to further children and young people’s understanding of what bail and remand are, who can help and what issues within the system are that need to be reformed.

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  • A guide to youth justice: policy, practice and legislation

    Date: 12th October 2020
    Category: Children in conflict with the law
    Author: Children and Young People's Centre for Justice

    The guide covers a wide variety of themes, including children’s rights, early and effective intervention, risk management, diversity, restorative justice, adversity and justice, mental health, and speech and language communication needs.

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  • CYCJ launches Guide to Youth Justice in Scotland

    Date: 15th July 2019
    Category: Children in conflict with the law
    Author: Children and Young People's Centre for Justice

    The revised guide is aimed at practitioners, researchers and educators, and sets out the latest policy, practice and legislation in youth justice.

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  • Report - Independent Inquiry into the Children’s Hearing System

    Date: 18th December 2018
    Category: Children in conflict with the law
    Author: Action for Children

    The Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland (CYPCS) and Action for Children have published a report about their independent inquiry into the Children's Hearings System (CHS) in Scotland.  

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  • Report - Prosecution of young people in Scotland

    Date: 18th December 2018
    Category: Children in conflict with the law, Age of criminal responsibility
    Author: Scottish Government

    The Scottish Government has produced a thematic report reviewing the effectiveness of Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service's (COPFS) processes and procedures for prosecuting offenders up to the age of 18.  

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  • Report - Inspection of custody centres across Scotland

    Date: 7th November 2018
    Category: Policies & procedures, Civil Rights and Freedoms, Age of criminal responsibility, Children in conflict with the law
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    HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland has published a report on police custody that includes recommendations on safeguarding measure related to children and young people. The report outlines the assessments made during inspections of 17 custody centres about the treatment of and conditions for those detained in police custody centres across Scotland.

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  • Scottish Sentencing Council Business Plan 2018-21 & Sentencing Guideline

    Date: 7th November 2018
    Category: Children in conflict with the law
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    The Scottish Sentencing Council has published its Business Plan 2018-21 which outlines the Council’s aims for the next three years. These include aiming to complete sentencing guidelines relating to the sentencing process, the sentencing of young people, causing death by driving, and environmental and wildlife crime.

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  • A Story of Youth Justice in Scotland

    Date: 12th December 2017
    Category: Children in conflict with the law
    Author: Children and Young People's Centre for Justice

    The Centre for Youth & Criminal Justice has produced a new resource to help people better understand youth crime patterns, processes and trends.

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  • Journey Through Justice

    Date: 8th August 2017
    Category: Children in conflict with the law
    Author: Children and Young People's Centre for Justice

    Together with IRISS, the CYCJ have launched a new resource to assist children and young people in understanding the journey through the youth justice system following being charged with an offence by the police.

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  • Youth justice system guide for children and young people

    Date: 24th July 2017
    Category: Access to appropriate information, Children in conflict with the law
    Author: Children and Young People's Centre for Justice

    Journey through Justice is an interactive online resource that will help children and young people understand the journey through the youth justice system, following being charged with an offence by the police.

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  • Key messages from the Centre for Youth & Criminal Justice

    Date: 13th December 2016
    Category: Children in conflict with the law
    Author: Children and Young People's Centre for Justice

    This briefing paper summarises key findings and messages from CYCJ's work over the past three years. It draws on research; feedback from practice and policy; and reflections about how to better support children and young people involved in, or on the edges of, offending to flourish.

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  • Children’s Hearings System fact sheets updated

    Date: 1st November 2016
    Category: Children in conflict with the law
    Author: SCRA

    A range of fact sheets produced by SCRA about the Children's Hearings System have been updated and published.

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  • Fearless – crime resource for young people

    Date: 18th October 2016
    Category: Children in conflict with the law, Children in situations of exploitation
    Author: Fearless.org

    Fearless is a site where young people can access non-judgemental information and advice about crime and criminality.

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  • Harmful Sexual Behaviour Among Children and Young People

    Date: 18th October 2016
    Category: Children in conflict with the law
    Author: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)

    This guideline covers children and young people who display harmful sexual behaviour, including those on remand or serving community or custodial sentences.

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