This act includes two important sections which focus specifically on child protection. Section 47 states that the local authority has a “duty to investigate when there is a reasonable cause to suspect that a child is suffering or likely to suffer, significant harm. Section 17 states that services must be put into place to “safeguard and promote the welfare of children within the area who are in need”. The Education Act 2002- This sets out of the responsibilities of Local Education Authorities (LEAS) governing bodies, head teachers and all those working in schools to ensure that children are safe and free from harm. Children Act 2004- This provides the legal framework for Every Child Matters and it includes
It is important that care givers follow this as if a child comes to harm or has suffered neglect the caregiver could face legal action. The children’s act (2004) is the piece of legislation that outlines the national framework for delivering children’s services and created the Every Child Matters five outcomes for children/young people which all professionals must work towards. Framework for assessment for children in need and their families is a policy to protect children from all types of harm and ensure that their development needs are responded to appropriately, a framework has been developed to provide a systematic way of analysing, understanding, and recording what is happening to children/young people within their families
Juvenile Delinquency and Family Structure Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements CJ 387 Juvenile Delinquency D’Meki L. Murry Mississippi Valley State University Mrs. R. Cobbs April 19, 2012 Introduction In today’s society more and more juveniles committing delinquent acts, we have to stop and ask ourselves why this continues to be a problem in our communities. This paper will provide an overview on juvenile delinquency and the role family structure has in this. Juveniles are more likely to become delinquent when there is little or a weak structure being provided by their family. Even thought there are many factors that entail the cause of juvenile delinquency, this paper will focus on three that encompass all the different factors. The main three I will focus on are family functioning, economic status and a two-parent versus a single-parent household.
Sexual-this is where a child is abused in a sexual manner. And Physical neglect- the child may be unwashed, unfed, have things like nits that are untreated. The act also aims to: try and protect children from harm and to stop children who have suffered abuse from being further abused in the future and to identify and help children who have been abused. The role of the adult in the child protection act is to know and try to identify the signs of abuse, report any suspicions of abuse you have no matter how small and make the child feel safe and secure in the early years
Hold minor until parent comes Law enforcement handle minors differently according to age and crime. Crimes committed by youth may not always warrant arrest but notification of parent. Police will notify parent that the youth has participated in a criminal act. The police will release the minor to his parents. C. Refer to juvenile court The police officer may also place the juvenile in custody and refer the case to juvenile court.
It sets out the duties and powers available to public authorities to support children and their families and to intervene when the child's welfare requires it. Under pressure over serious child protection cases, the 2001Scottish executive published a children's charter, setting out how carers and professionals should protect and respect rights of children. The Protection of Children Act 1999 was passed in England, aiming to prevent paedophiles from working with children; a similar act was passed in Scotland in 2003. (Scottish Executive Publications) Government Policies and Looked After Children Looked After Children fall into two main categories: 1) Looked After and Accommodated: children and young people placed by the local authority and/or the Children’s Hearings system with foster carers, adoption services, residential care homes, with relatives in kinship care. 2) Looked After at Home under a supervision order, at home with parents receiving support and assistance to address issues of why they are in need of care.
The new challenges of the juvenile court were to examine, analyze, and recommend treatment for offenders, not to deliver judgment fault or fix responsibility. The court, ran under the policy of “parens patriae” that intended that the state would step in and act as a parent on behalf of a disobedient juvenile. Actions were informal and a juvenile court judge had a vast sum of discretion in the nature of juvenile cases, much like the discretion given to judges in adult unlawful settings until the 1970s. In line with the early juvenile court’s attitude of shielding youth, juvenile offenders’ position was often in reformatories or instruction schools that were intended, in speculation, to keep them away from the terrible influences of society and to encourage self-control through accurate structure and very unsympathetic discipline. Opposing to the fundamental theory, all through the first part of the century, the places that housed juveniles were frequently unsafe and unhealthy places where the state warehoused delinquent, deserted, and deserted children for unclear periods.
Client’s Name 24 September 2007 Professor’s Name Course # Youth Gang Membership: Reasons to Join Introduction: Focus on Rehabilitation & Preventing Recidivism In the increasing debate of child criminals and their proneness towards crime, there exists the issue of rehabilitation. In point of fact the entire issue of juvenile delinquency hinges upon the ability of the offender to re-enter society not as a criminal but as a changed individual ready to become a working part of society. In the questions that arise from the concern over juvenile delinquency the recurring question is this: Are children who commit crimes rehabilitated by the juvenile court system, or are they more likely to commit criminal acts as adults? In
Punishment vs. Rehabilitation Juvenile’s who come from poor communities, fail at school, and have family members who are involved in the adult justice system are at a higher risk of becoming involved in the juvenile justice system than a juvenile who is from a wealthy community, does well at school, and have family members that are not involved in the adult justice system. Most juvenile who are involved in the juvenile justice system are victims of outside influences that are to be blamed for the juvenile’s delinquency. Now that the juvenile is beginning to show acts of crime the justice system needs to show the juvenile a different way to live. The juvenile justice system will never show progress if the focus was to punish the juveniles instead
In certain situations putting a child or a young person in a foster home would be an advantage to some families if they are having really bad problems. For e.g. if the parents are going through a divorce and the child is distraught about the situation it would be good if the child is put into a foster home temporarily. If a child or a young person is getting into the wrong crowd for e.g. taking drugs or selling drugs and doing illegal things it would be best if the family of the young person puts them into a foster home so they have professional help.