YOUTH JUSTICE SYSTEM

Youth Justice System



Youth Justice System

Introduction

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. While a person can contribute to the society's productivity in this stage of his life; youth also exposes him to a broad range of criminal activities that diverts his aims and makes him a culprit at the hand of misery and violence. Youth crime is a disturbing symptom and consequence of social breakdown as 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 (Peterson & Broeking 2010, pp.24).

The current youth justice system fails to provide a framework where the young offenders can get rid of all social evils and be able to lead a righteous life. Hence, while we appreciate the law and order system in U.K. for its rehabilitation efforts, we cannot admit with confidence that the youth justice system is free of faults. Custody of children serves neither a purpose of protection nor productivity in any sense. Hence there should be measures that guarantee that young offenders give opportunities to rehabilitate and adhere to a constructive lifestyle once again.

Moreover, the Youth Justice system is also facing the charges of the discrimination. However, in the context of the paper we intend to shed light on the fact whether the Youth Justice system tends to discriminate against individuals belonging to a specific group or the allegation lacks any ground work. This would be done from different perspectives in order to develop a better understanding of the subject.

Discussion

Irrespective of the nature of the law it is important that it tends to be implemented in a much transparent way so that the people are not able to attach any notions with it in any manner. Plus, the fact also needs to be kept in mind that the law is generally crafted to be implemented without any bias in whatsoever manner. Thus, if the law or any system tends to bar any group or subjects the group towards any intended victimization than the law or that system fails to implement the spirit behind that law or system. Moreover, it is also important for any system or law to portray the image that it is crafted for the entire society and not for any specific group of people. In order to reach any conclusion regarding the notion that whether the system tends to discriminate can be aided with the available statistics.

Discrimination

Discrimination is the act of separating or forming groups of people based on certain criteria. In its broadest sense, discrimination is a way to sort and classify other entities. In the course of the paper, the discrimination tends to be linked to the Black people living in the territory of the United Kingdom. Black Population in the context of the United Kingdom tends to be of the ...