Apply these important considerations to situations where children and young people’s circumstances and experiences cause them to be subject to youth justice interventions critically assess policy and professional responses to working with children involved in the youth justice system.

The objectives of the unit are to develop students’ awareness and knowledge of:
how children and young people are perceived and treated by the youth justice system in England and Wales theoretical, policy and professional approaches to the needs and rights of children and young people involved in offending behaviour international differences in the ways in which children are perceived and treated by criminal legislation.

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
Identify the needs and rights of children and young people involved in offending behaviour.
Apply these important considerations to situations where children and young people’s circumstances and experiences cause them to be subject to youth justice interventions
critically assess policy and professional responses to working with children involved in the youth justice system.
Synthesise different theoretical, policy and professional approaches to youth offending
critically evaluate cross-national differences and similarities in perceptions of and the treatment of children within youth justice systems.