Youth crime and justice: Key messages from the Edinburgh Study of Youth Transitions and Crime
Youth crime and justice: Key messages from the Edinburgh Study of Youth Transitions and Crime
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DOI：
10.1177/1748895809360971
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发表时间：
2010-05-01
影响因子：
1.5
通讯作者：
McVie, Susan
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作者：
McAra, Lesley;McVie, Susan
根据爱丁堡青年转型和犯罪研究的结果，本文挑战的证据基础，决策者已经借鉴，以证明不断发展的青年司法模式在英国（包括在苏格兰和英格兰/威尔士）。报告认为，为了伸张正义，各系统需要解决有关青年犯罪的四个关键事实：严重犯罪与广泛的脆弱性和社会逆境有关;早期识别有风险的儿童不是一门精确的科学，有贴标签和污名化的风险;青少年早期的关键时刻，特别是学校排斥，会促进或阻碍摆脱犯罪的途径;和转移注意力的策略促进了中止过程。文章的结论是，苏格兰的系统应该比大多数其他西方系统更好地为儿童提供正义（由于其创始承诺，以非刑罪化和去污名化）。然而，就目前的实施情况而言，它似乎辜负了许多年轻人。
Based on findings from the Edinburgh Study of Youth Transitions and Crime, this article challenges the evidence-base which policy-makers have drawn on to justify the evolving models of youth justice across the UK (both in Scotland and England/Wales). It argues that to deliver justice, systems need to address four key facts about youth crime: serious offending is linked to a broad range of vulnerabilities and social adversity; early identification of at-risk children is not an exact science and runs the risk of labelling and stigmatizing; pathways out of offending are facilitated or impeded by critical moments in the early teenage years, in particular school exclusion; and diversionary strategies facilitate the desistance process. The article concludes that the Scottish system should be better placed than most other western systems to deliver justice for children (due to its founding commitment to decriminalization and destigmatization). However, as currently implemented, it appears to be failing many young people.