Few young Finns are incarcerated, compared with their counterparts in England and Wales. This article reports on a comparative study between the youth justice system in Finland and England and Wales. It also provides details of the range and regimes of residential institutions for troubled and troublesome children and young people in Finland.
Few young Finns are incarcerated, compared with their counterparts in England and Wales. This article reports on a comparative study between the youth justice system in Finland and England and Wales. It also provides details of the range and regimes of residential institutions for troubled and troublesome children and young people in Finland.
Subject terms:
mental health problems, residential child care, sentences, substance misuse, young offenders, youth justice, comparative studies, custodial institutions;
Scotland. Scottish Executive. Central Research Unit
Publication year:
2000
Pagination:
125p.,bibliog.
Place of publication:
Edinburgh
Aims to provide a summary of current and recent UK and international literature on the sentencing of dangerous offenders and the subsequent management of these offenders, whether in hospital or prison settings, and upon release into the community. The research is divided by country, split up into those who use a community protection approach, those who use a clinical approach, and other jurisdictions. It concludes with an examination of the issue of compliance with the European Convention on Human Rights.
Aims to provide a summary of current and recent UK and international literature on the sentencing of dangerous offenders and the subsequent management of these offenders, whether in hospital or prison settings, and upon release into the community. The research is divided by country, split up into those who use a community protection approach, those who use a clinical approach, and other jurisdictions. It concludes with an examination of the issue of compliance with the European Convention on Human Rights.
Subject terms:
hospitals, human rights, law, law courts, legal proceedings, mental health problems, offenders, psychiatry, prisons, rape, sentences, sex offenders, sexual offences, treatment, therapy and treatment, violence, dangerous offenders, crime, criminal justice;
Location(s):
Canada, Australia, Belgium, Denmark, England, Hungary, Iceland, Finland, France, Italy, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Switzerland, Scotland, Spain, United States, Wales