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CAUTIONING AND DIVERSION FROM COURT OF JUVENILE OFFENDERS

01 January 1991

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CAUTIONING AND DIVERSION FROM COURT OF JUVENILE OFFENDERS
refdoc July=1991

BOOKS/PAMPHLETS User Ref = P59744
NACRO
NACRO, May 1986 12pp tables (NACRO Juvenile Crime Briefing)
RP59744A

Explains the definition of cautioning and the criteria which the
police apply when deciding which course of action to take at the
time they apprehend the person. Discusses the Children and
Young Persons Act 1969 and the procedures for decision making.
Covers the Multi-Agency Panels which some police forces have
developed to make recommendations on whether to caution and
reports on the development of new strategies in juvenile justice.
Concludes with a discussion on the future of diversion (police
caution) which is the major device currently available in England
and Wales for diverting young people away from a court appearance.
United Kingdom, young offender, crime, statistics, indictable
offence, male, female, legislation, arrest,

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