TY - JOUR

T1 - The Youth Court in England and Wales

T2 - Learnings from European Contexts and Local Developments

AU - Field, Stewart

AU - Machura, Stefan

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PY - 2025/1/17

Y1 - 2025/1/17

N2 - The Youth Court in England and Wales is currently attracting a lot of discussion among practitioners, academics and policymakers as to how courts should deal with young defendants. The practices of other countries and the recent experience of the system in England and Wales may offer lessons as to how to adapt youth courts to the challenges of today.

AB - The Youth Court in England and Wales is currently attracting a lot of discussion among practitioners, academics and policymakers as to how courts should deal with young defendants. The practices of other countries and the recent experience of the system in England and Wales may offer lessons as to how to adapt youth courts to the challenges of today.

KW - Youth court

KW - youth justice

KW - comparative criminal justice

KW - magistrates' courts

KW - age of criminal responsibility

M3 - Article

JO - Prison Service Journal

JF - Prison Service Journal

SN - 0300-3558

ER -