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No Place For Children: A Case For The Abolition Of Child Imprisonment In England And Wales, Paul Gavin
No Place For Children: A Case For The Abolition Of Child Imprisonment In England And Wales, Paul Gavin
Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies
This paper provides an argument for the abolition of child imprisonment in England and Wales. England and Wales is not Ireland, but the cultural and social similarities suggest that children face a great deal of the same pressures, difficulties, trials and tribulations regardless of which side of the Irish Sea they live on. Therefore, it may provide a useful analogy for Irish policy makers. The paper argues that the incarceration of children has a wide range of negative effects on children and is provided at an excessive cost to the exchequer. Restorative justice is put forward as a viable alternative …