CRIMINAL JUSTICE

The Role of Criminal Justice in Preventing Youth Crime

Acknowledgement

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Synopsis

Juvenile delinquency—crimes committed by young people—constitute, by recent estimates, nearly one-fifth of the crimes against people and one-third of the property crimes in the United Kingdom. The high incidence of juvenile crime makes the study of juvenile delinquency vital to an understanding of UK's society.

Youth crime is a disturbing symptom and consequence of social breakdown. Young people who suffer from distresses like poverty, unemployment, strained family relationships, educational failures, lack of self-esteem and extreme depression resort to crimes and end up in the youth justice system (Kam & Cleveland, 2010: 397). Youth crime and violence prevention has been well studied and evaluated for many years in developed regions of the world such as North America and Europe. In other regions, however, the size of the problem of youth violence, its seriousness, as well as the capacity of criminal justice systems or governments to deal with it is very different. What has been taking place in recent years is recognition that a more public health approach to youth violence, and social and economic understanding of its causes, is required to reduce its incidence.

The purpose of this study is to expand the boundaries of the author's knowledge by exploring some relevant facts related to youth crime. Youth is the prime stage of one's life. However, there are certain practices that hinders in the establishment of emotional and spiritual stability in the youth. In this research the author will examine the role of criminal justice in preventing youth crime; furthermore the author will also evaluate other factors that influence the behaviour of young people to adapt criminal activities.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgement2

Synopsis3

Methodology5

Introduction11

Chapter 1: Definition & History of Youth Crime13

Chapter 2: Statistics of Youth Crime15

Chapter 3: Types of crimes committed by youth and age22

Chapter 4: Deterrents & Punishment by courts and crime justice28

Chapter 5: What do young people think about youth crime?32

Secondary Conclusion35

Primary Conclusion37

Evaluation of Interviews37

Evaluation of Questionnaires43

Main Conclusion56

Recommendations58

Evaluation of research60

References61

Bibliography79

Appendices86

Questionnaire86

Methodology

This section gives us an overview of the methodology, which describes how the research will be carried out. Methodology refers to how a research should be undertaken. In order to conduct a successful research, it is essential to collect relevant data from various sources and analyze it.

Methods of research in order to achieve intended tasks various theoretical and empirical methods are invoked in the master thesis. Theoretical methods of research: Historical method is applied to provide knowledge about the problem of youth crime in UK. Logical methods (generalization, induction, deduction) are invoked to generalize the used literature and to draw inferences.

Understanding the nature and function of criminal justice and its role in reducing the deviant behaviour in youth in UK ...