Youth Justice System and Knife Crime in England and Wales

Professional Practice

Table of Contents
 Introduction
 Youth Justice System
 Public services respond to knife crime
 Impact of probation service and charities in tackling prevention and rehabilitation of youth
offending
 Recent developments Knife crime
 Reflective Account
 GIBB’s reflective model
 Conclusion
 References

Introduction
 Youth justice system refers to processes and organs
that are used to convict, prosecute and punish persons
who are under age of 18 years.
 In England and Wales this system is designed to
prevent offence of children and young persons.
 This report includes system and developed responses
and role of third party in criminal justice system in
England and Wales.

Youth Justice System
 Youth justice system is a system that contains rules and procedure for justice and relevant
proceedings for youth under the age of 18 years who commit criminal offence.
 Earlier it was presumed that children can not commit any offence as they are considered to be
incapable of knowing the difference between right and wrong.
 Now, children who are between age of 10 to 17 are liable to punishment if found guilty and
can not avoid liability by showing that they are unaware of right and wrong conduct.
 In England and Wales in some exceptions when children commit offence like adults like
murder and other criminal offence knowing what is right and wrong can be treated as adult
criminals and offenders. From the age of 18 and onwards individuals are considered as adults
and they are punishable as per adult offenders