Sentencing and treatment of juvenile sex offenders in Australia Riddhi Blackley and Lorana Bartels
By: Blackley, Riddhi.
Contributor(s): Bartels, Lorana.
Material type: ArticleSeries: Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice.Publisher: Canberra, ACT : Australian Institute of Criminology, 2018Description: electronic document (15 pages) ; PDF file.ISSN: 0817-8542.Subject(s): ADOLESCENT SEX OFFENDERS | ADOLESCENTS | CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE | INTERVENTION | JUSTICE | RESTORATIVE JUSTICE | SENTENCING | SEX OFFENDERS | SEXUAL VIOLENCE | TREATMENT | YOUNG PEOPLE | AUSTRALIAOnline resources: Click here to access online Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, no. 555, July 2018Summary: This paper examines sentencing and treatment practices for juvenile sex offenders in Australia and the challenges of reconciling the imperatives of rehabilitation, accountability and community protection. It begins with an overview of juvenile offenders and the juvenile justice system, including the principles for sentencing young offenders. It then considers the complex lives and offending patterns of juvenile sex offenders, before providing examples of judicial reasoning in sentencing. It concludes by examining best practice in treatment for sexually abusive behaviours and innovative justice responses to juvenile sex offending, such as therapeutic treatment orders and restorative justice conferencing. (Authors' abstract). Record #5989Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, no. 555, July 2018
This paper examines sentencing and treatment practices for juvenile sex offenders in Australia and the challenges of reconciling the imperatives of rehabilitation, accountability and community protection. It begins with an overview of juvenile offenders and the juvenile justice system, including the principles for sentencing young offenders. It then considers the complex lives and offending patterns of juvenile sex offenders, before providing examples of judicial reasoning in sentencing. It concludes by examining best practice in treatment for sexually abusive behaviours and innovative justice responses to juvenile sex offending, such as therapeutic treatment orders and restorative justice conferencing. (Authors' abstract). Record #5989