Farrell, G orcid.org/0000-0002-3987-8457, Laycock, G and Tilley, N (2019) What caused the decline in child arrests in England and Wales: the Howard League’s programme or something else? Crime Prevention and Community Safety, 21 (2). pp. 153-158. ISSN 1460-3780
Abstract
There has been a steep decline in child arrests in recent years. The Howard League report Child Arrests in England and Wales 2017 attributes this to a Howard League programme of work with police. We show the decline in arrests began well before that programme of work, and conclude the report's claims are unfounded. However, there is strong evidence that the decline in arrests is due to the long-term fall in child offending rates, probably caused by security improvements. While we are sympathetic to the aims of the Howard League, if security is having such positive effects in terms of safer communities and fewer children being processed through the criminal justice system, then it should command wide support.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © Springer Nature Limited 2019. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Crime Prevention and Community Safety. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | child arrests; programme to reduce child arrests; Howard League; adolescent offending; youth justice; crime drop; security hypothesis; policing |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Law (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number ESRC ES/L014971/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 20 Mar 2019 15:50 |
Last Modified: | 16 Apr 2020 00:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan |
Identification Number: | 10.1057/s41300-019-00067-5 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:143872 |