Notes from the ‘Rights Respecting’ Symposium
A Symposium to mark the publication of the Centre for Youth & Criminal Justice’s ‘Rights Respecting? Scotland’s approach to children in conflict with the law’ report took place at the
Info Sheet 88: Supporting all Under 18s in the Court System
Under 18s who appeared in court say: “I was in court the day after my 16th birthday and didn’t know what was happening…I just didn’t
Rights Respecting? Scotland’s approach to children in conflict with the law
This report, published in January 2020, sets out what Scotland must do to ensure its youth justice system is truly ‘rights respecting’, if it is
Talking Hope
This report was published by the University of Strathclyde and Children and Young People’s Centre for Justice (CYCJ), on behalf of the University of Strathclyde’s Institute
What is Youth Justice? Reflections on the 1968 Act
This paper, authored by Nina Vaswani, Fiona Dyer and Claire Lightowler, charts the development of youth justice since the 1968 Act ushered in a national
