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Essay Evidence/Arguments: Young Offenders
jamonwindeyer:
--- Quote from: caninesandy on October 28, 2016, 10:24:53 am ---Hi! Awesome post which really is helping me prepare for the exam :)
I am just wondering what is?
Thank you :D
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Hey! Happy it's helpful!
It's an abstraction; the welfare based model is about a focus on rehabilitation and the welfare of the child. Think Warnings, Cautions, YJC's, etc. The justice model would instead be focused on deterrence, preventing recidivism early. They aren't like concrete things, just abstract ways to describe the two ways in which we can handle young offenders :)
caninesandy:
--- Quote from: jamonwindeyer on October 28, 2016, 10:50:51 am ---Hey! Happy it's helpful!
It's an abstraction; the welfare based model is about a focus on rehabilitation and the welfare of the child. Think Warnings, Cautions, YJC's, etc. The justice model would instead be focused on deterrence, preventing recidivism early. They aren't like concrete things, just abstract ways to describe the two ways in which we can handle young offenders :)
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Ahhhh I see :D Thank you :)
What would you call the current system we have? Is it partially a welfare system and partially something else? :)
elysepopplewell:
--- Quote from: caninesandy on October 28, 2016, 11:15:41 am ---Ahhhh I see :D Thank you :)
What would you call the current system we have? Is it partially a welfare system and partially something else? :)
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Partially welfare and partially justice - I believe. Essentially, the fact that we have a court system that offers sentences like incarceration means that we are a justice model of courts. However, there is a greater emphasis on the opportunity for "second chances", rehabilitation, and those kind of "welfare" considerations in young offenders. More than anything else, this is simply because young people have a higher capacity to rehabilitate and change their behavioural patterns than someone older. So the "welfare" system understands that young people are different to middle aged people in both the motives for their crimes as well as the rehabilitation.
I mean, on a global scale, we have a VERY welfare-based model through all ages. We don't have the death penalty, for example, which is a staple in the "justice" model for several countries (follows the eye-for-an-eye doctrine). Specifically talking about young offenders, the welfare of a young offender is privileged. :)
Mary_a:
Hey,
I've been looking into media cases for Young Offenders, and like many have said I can't really find many...
Does anyone know the best resources/places to go to get cases for this topic?
Thank you so much,
Mary x
jamonwindeyer:
--- Quote from: Mary_a on March 12, 2017, 04:56:52 pm ---Hey,
I've been looking into media cases for Young Offenders, and like many have said I can't really find many...
Does anyone know the best resources/places to go to get cases for this topic?
Thank you so much,
Mary x
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Hey Mary! Young Offenders is tough - I don't know anywhere that does a great job of synthesising effective cases. Don't be afraid to use Google as a starting point. Also might want to try the State Library Research Guides, or even the Children's Court website - They publish their judgements (not all the detail from memory, but definitely should be useful!) ;D
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