Sunday, February 12, 2012

Reverting to 'tough' justice fails both adults and children

1:19 PM | Posted by Free Game Zone | | Edit Post

The government played in the howling "of the tabloids with his statement of the sanction in the law and order. What happened to rehabilitation, especially when it comes to children

When someone writes that criminals should "his due", is supposed to be a tabloid journalist. It is disconcerting when the author is the secretary of justice and the expression is used to open an investigation into the government's intentions on the law and order.

Criminal Justice Green Paper was followed by a 12-week public consultation and events across the country. Approximately 1,200 responses were received into consideration, most organizations involved in the hands of the criminal justice system. Professionals volunteered their time to help the government understand where and how the system does not work, but the consultation process has resulted in a government response is almost insulting in its brevity. Only 13 pages

For details we have to wait until the bill of justice in the fall. Last week, the document is a statement of philosophy of criminal justice and this philosophy is fundamentally punitive.

Forget

examined the responses of professionals, the shriek of the tabloids have triumphed again. To appease them, words like "hard", "punish" master document and "control". Regarding rehabilitation, not a policy of soft as it can reduce crime and costs. However, it has become a process to be administered by outside agencies who claim to be able to "measure" the results and be paid accordingly.

Hot on the heels of the wrath of the NHS, it would be nice to see the outrage similar to the creeping privatization of our justice services. Concepts such as health and justice can not and should not be outsourced to the lowest bidder. However, for political reasons the government does not take into account the opinion of those who have real experience who say that rehabilitation is a complex, demanding and costly it can not be considered short-term figures.
  • Anyone reading the government's response will be even more worrisome serious about Youth Report Commissioner for Children for Justice, also released last week. The Commissioner's team visited a number of institutions that offenders under 18 pass custodial sentences. The team has turned its back on the descriptions of those privileged by the tabloids to prisoners as "young savages", "animals" and "thugs" and be recognized for what they are: children from very difficult many of which are mental illness, personality disorders or who have learning difficulties.
  • While rehabilitation is considered a lame afterthought in the adult justice system, it is hoped that the Stern family, health, learning and emotional problems of children who offended should be recognized and addressed. After all, anything that prevents adult perpetrators must save taxpayers money. But no, the Commissioner found that the complex health and emotional problems of young offenders are often not valued, is not recognized by staff undertrained and sometimes barely mentioned.
, strip searches and a worrying level of moderation is the norm in some places and when children are released back to their families with little or no chaotic. Even when people try to give full attention, they encounter systemic problems. Why? Because the main reason for locking up children is to protect others. The report said: "Children were defined by their crime rather than their needs or vulnerability."

also says: "It would be reasonable to expect that, in order to protect the public and help children change their lives and opportunities, services and care provided by them would be for promote the emotional, the treatment of disorders and rehabilitation, as well as against their criminal behavior. "

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