Defending Young People in the Criminal Justice System

A guide for solicitors, barristers, social workers and other advisers working with young people within the criminal-justice system. After discussing the issues behind defending young people, the relevance of age, and the Children Act, it takes readers through the practice and procedure.

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After discussing the issues behind defending young people, the relevance of age, and the Children Act, this guide takes readers through the practice and procedure. It includes chapters on police powers, diversion from the criminal-justice system, parental responsibility, youth-court procedure, trials in the youth court, bail and secure accommodation, sentencing, and appeals. There are appendices containing Home Office circulars, statutory instruments, and other information of significance to solicitors, barristers, social workers and other advisers working with young people within the criminal-justice system.