b. The Dichotomy Underlying the Act

B.A.S.W. Memorandum to the Social Services Sub-committee of the House of Commons Expenditure Committee. This Memorandum is quoted in full in Soc. Work Today, 5: 23; 20 Feb. 1975.

For discussion of this, see Bottoms, A.E. , "On the Discrimination of the English Juvenile Courts". In: Crime, Criminology and Public Policy, ed. R. Hood , U.K., Heinemann , 1974.

The Secretary of State in introducing -the Children and Young Persons Bill 1969, Hansard, House of Commons, 11 Mar. 1969, 2R (779), 1176.

For example in para. 7 Children in Trouble, U.K., H.M.S.O., Cmnd 3601, 1968.

Quoted in the Guardian, Tue. 29 Apr. 1975.

National Asso. of Headquarters' Memorandum to the Social Services Sub-committee of the House of Commons Expenditure Committee.

Soc. Work Today, op. cit.

Lemert, E.M. : "The Juvenile Court: Quests and Realities". In U.S. President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice Task Force Report: Juvenile Delinquency, Gvt. Printing Office , Washington, DC, 1967.

In Devon and Cornwall 65 per cent of children are cautiones; in Teesside 12 per cent.

Mack J. and Ritchie, M. : Police Warnings, Glasgow Univ., 1975 .

Scottish Social Work Statistics, 1972, H.M.S.O., Edinburgh, 1972.

For example, in Fife County. There, the reporter has in most cases a preliminary social work report before making his initial decision whether or not to prosecute.

Criminal Statistics in England and Wales, 1973 , Cmnd. 8677, H.M.S.O., London.

Certain offences are referred by the police to the procurator fiscal for prosecution in the sheriff court. These include offences committed by children whilst acting along with an adult, offences which may lead to a court ordering forfeiture of an adult or disqualification and, more generally, serious offences. It is felt by some that too many offences are in fact referred to the sheriff courts.

In 47 per cent of the cases referred to the children's hearings in 1973 the child was placed on supervision.

Morris, A. and M. McIsaac : Unipub. research, Edinburgh Univ.

Criminal Statistics in England and Wales, 1973 , op. cit.

"Review of the 1969 Act", The Magistrate, 31: 4 (Apr. '75) p.51.

Berlins, M. and Wansell, G. : Caught in the Act, U.K. Penguin, 1974 .

For example, the lack of secure accommodation for disruptive children. There is currently one unit which holds 38 children.