Young Offender Policy in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight

For a useful description of the development of the Metropolitan Police Juvenile Scheme, see Oliver I. T. — The Metropolitan Police Approach to the Prosecution of Juvenile Offenders, Peel Press, 1978.

Children and Young Persons Act 1969. (1969 c.54).

At the time of writing (January, 1982) the relevant subsections of s. 5 still had not been implemented.

A series of unpublished papers entitled “Youth Help” document the progress of this review. (Hampshire Constabulary, 1979).

For a fuller discussion on labelling theory see:-.

Becker H. S. — Outsiders, Free Press, New York, 1963.

Cicourel A. V. — The Social Organisation of Juvenile Justice. Heinemann, 1968.

Young J. — The Role of the Police as Amplifiers of Deviance in Cohen S. (ed.) — Images of Deviance. Penguin, 1971.

Parker H. J. — View from the Boys. David and Charles, 1974.

The degree to which the policy successfully achieves this objective as well as the overall effectiveness of the scheme is currently being researched by Dr. H. Giller (Keele University) and Dr. C. Covington (National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders), assisted by the author.

The Hampshire Constabulary does not maintain a specialized Juvenile Bureau (nor is one needed to operate this scheme) but prefers to involve all police officers in the complete inquiry into instances of young offending.

Home Office Circular No. 70, 1978. “The Citing of Police Cautions in Juvenile Courts.”