Discusses how the entry into force of the Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004 has shifted primary responsibility for dealing with troubled children and young people from children's hearings to the courts, and considers whether this change accords with the principles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989. Examines whether the Scottish Executive youth justice agenda is likely to result in further differential treatment of children
This, the second of a two part article, discusses the legal framework relating to a child's opportun...
In the Republic of Ireland the government has proposed amending the Irish Constitution in order to i...
The Children (Scotland) Act 1995 brings together aspects of family, child care and adoption law that...
Discusses how the entry into force of the Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004 has shifted ...
Relationships between children, parents and the state do not remain the same over time and are not n...
In the light of the Scottish Executive's ongoing review of the children's hearings system, and recen...
The aim of every juvenile justice system should surely be to get it right for every child? It is poi...
Discusses issues arising under the existing Scottish regime regarding the acquisition by children of...
Children's participation generally-and children's participation in court proceedings when their pare...
Wherever possible children who come into conflict with the law should be kept out of the adult crimi...
The children's hearings system is unique to Scotland and is governed by statute and statutory instru...
A provocation paper commissioned by the British Academy for the Childhood Policy Programme. Explores...
Criticises the "Sentencing Young People" guideline, in force from 26 January 2022, as intensifying t...
The policy intention to introduce electronic monitoring (EM) in Scotland for young people was first ...
The Act and a range of associated Rules and Regulations came into force on 24 June 2013. The Act in ...
This, the second of a two part article, discusses the legal framework relating to a child's opportun...
In the Republic of Ireland the government has proposed amending the Irish Constitution in order to i...
The Children (Scotland) Act 1995 brings together aspects of family, child care and adoption law that...
Discusses how the entry into force of the Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004 has shifted ...
Relationships between children, parents and the state do not remain the same over time and are not n...
In the light of the Scottish Executive's ongoing review of the children's hearings system, and recen...
The aim of every juvenile justice system should surely be to get it right for every child? It is poi...
Discusses issues arising under the existing Scottish regime regarding the acquisition by children of...
Children's participation generally-and children's participation in court proceedings when their pare...
Wherever possible children who come into conflict with the law should be kept out of the adult crimi...
The children's hearings system is unique to Scotland and is governed by statute and statutory instru...
A provocation paper commissioned by the British Academy for the Childhood Policy Programme. Explores...
Criticises the "Sentencing Young People" guideline, in force from 26 January 2022, as intensifying t...
The policy intention to introduce electronic monitoring (EM) in Scotland for young people was first ...
The Act and a range of associated Rules and Regulations came into force on 24 June 2013. The Act in ...
This, the second of a two part article, discusses the legal framework relating to a child's opportun...
In the Republic of Ireland the government has proposed amending the Irish Constitution in order to i...
The Children (Scotland) Act 1995 brings together aspects of family, child care and adoption law that...