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Lessons from America
A report of the Commission on English Prisons Today from its fact finding trip to New York in July 2008. Part of its continuing consideration of the principles, purpose and limits of a penal system fit for the 21st century. (2008)
22 pp, ISBN 978-1-905994-13-7, £10.00
Jersey review. A review of the Jersey youth justice system
An independent report on the Jersey youth justice system with over 20 recommendations, including the immediate ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). (2008)
60 pp, £10, ISBN 978-1-905994-12-0
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Punishing Children. A Survey of criminal responsibility and approaches across Europe
This report examines and compares different youth justice systems across Europe. It contrasts the welfare based approach across Europe with the UK where punishment is the centre of the response to children in trouble with the law.
19pp, ISBN 978-1-905994-10-6, 2008
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Violence Against Children in Conflict with the Law
A Study on Indicators and Data Collection in Belgium, England and Wales, France and the Netherlands. The study was produced by the Howard League for Penal Reform and Defence for Children International. (2008) ISBN: 978-90-74270-24-3
Children in prison: barred rights
This report is the Howard League's submission to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child. It relies upon extensive extensive independent research by the Howard League to detail the ways in which conditions for children in prison breach the standards laid out in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. (2002)
20pp, £5.00, ISBN: 090368364-4 Buy your copy
Child offenders: UK and international practice
Essays on the age of criminal responsibility, international comparisons and juveniles in the USA. Contributions include Thomas Hammarberg, Andrew Nicholl QC Roger Graef and Mary Hartnoll CBE. (1995)
61pp, £5.00, ISBN 090368327-X Buy your copy
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