Scottish Sentencing Council Business Plan 2018-21 & Sentencing Guideline

Date: 7th November 2018
Category: Children in conflict with the law
Author:

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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