VII Jornada de Medi Obert de JustíciaJuvenil

Perspectiva pràctica

Tracy Green(YOS Leicestershire, England)

Barcelona, 4 d’octubre de 2012

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Practitioner Perspective

The Youth Justice System

Restorative Justice (DJ)ReprimandFinal WarningFirst Tier outcomes

Referral OrderFine Conditional Discharge

Community OrderYouth Rehabilitation Order

CustodyDetention and Training OrderSection 91/92

Restorative Justice

Out of court disposal Low seriousness offenceShould be reparative Does not appear as a criminal outcomeRecorded in police pocket book Offender must consent

Reprimand

First formal outcome for young offendersAdministered by the policeThere is no intervention associated with a reprimandDoes stay on a young person police record

Final Warning

Second offence, or first offence of sufficient seriousnessAssessed by YOS using the full Asset documentation looking at the 12 domains of riskIntervention providedIntervention should be completed in three monthsIntervention is voluntary

Final Warning Intervention

Locally provided by trained volunteers using a range of YOS resources'Intervention can be simply one session to a years mentoringRe-offending rate of 20%

Domains of risk

Living arrangementsFamily and Personal relationshipsEducation, training and employmentNeighbourhoodLifestyleSubstance UsePhysical HealthEmotional and mental healthPerception of self and others Thinking and behaviourAttitudes to offendingMotivation to change

New Legislation (LASPO)

Escalator will be removedYoung people can have a youth caution or conditional caution at any time of criminal career Intervention will be requiredIf the young person does not engage with intervention the young person can be charged with the offence

First tier penalties

Referral OrderConditional DischargeFineReparation Order

Referral Order

First time in court, must plead guilty, second Referral order only in exceptional circumstances Referred to a Community Panel meetingChaired by trained volunteer members of the communityVictim of offence invited to attendYoung person agrees contract to cover reparation and interventionSentence becomes ‘spent’ on successful completion of orderRe-offending rate of 40 %

Reparation

Hours range from 3 to 50Tasks include

• Gardening• Charity Shops• Painting and decorating• Work for homeless charities• Work in museums• Work in places of worship• Assisting younger people in summer projects/sports

etc

Examples of direct reparation

Young person involved in criminal damage at school during the school holidays undertook cleaning and general maintenance at the premisesYoung person stole lead from the church roof. Completed reparation at the church clearing around graveyards and rubbing down and painting benchesYoung person set fire to some trees, undertook clearing of the trees and re planting the trees with new onesYoung person caused a brick wall to fall down, cleaned all the bricks and worked with care taker to rebuild the wall Young person committed criminal damage to bus stop, cleared graffiti off bus stops with the Highways department

Intervention

Offending behaviourVictim AwarenessSubstance misuseManaging emotionsConstructive use of leisure timePeer pressure Group Work, girls and boys workParenting work

Community Orders

Youth Rehabilitation Order primary sentence13 different requirements, that can be chosen and mixed to create a bespoke sentence for that young person

YRO requirements

• Supervision• Activity• Programme• Unpaid work• Curfew• Attendance Centre• Education• Mental Health

Treatment

• Residence• Local Authority

Residence• Drug Treatment• Drug Testing• Prohibited Activity• Exclusion• Intensive Supervision

and Surveillance

YRO

YRO with Programme and activity may involve a young person attending Boys Group and gardening work at the weekendA YRO with prohibited activity may restrict them from a local shopping centre where they have been shopliftingA YRO with curfew and supervision could have a tag from 7pm to 7pm and supervision sessions with a YOS worker Re-offending rate of 50%

YRO with ISS

Most intensive non custodial sentence.Involves the young person in some type of activity 25 hours a weekThis includes some education, reparation, supervision and curfew

Detention and Training Order

Minimum 4 months to 2 yearsEither secure children’s home or custodial settingHalf in custody and half on licence in the communityRe-offending rate of 93%

Anti Social Behaviour

The Incremental ApproachAdvice LetterAcceptable Behaviour ContractASBO

Last year 40 ABC’s, 1 ASBO

Parenting Orders

Available to all post court sentencesParents subject to statutory supportCombination of group classes and one to one support