What happens to young offenders?
On the remand of youths to the care of the social services. English summary of Brå report 2002:19
This is an evaluation of the changes to the sanctioning system for young offenders, that were made in 1999.
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- © Brottsförebyggande rådet 2002
- urn:nbn:se:bra-96
- Report 2002:19
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In 1999, certain changes were made to the sanctioning system for young offenders in order to augment and clarify the sanction of remand to the care of the social services. The changes were intended to better satisfy the criminal justice principles of predictability, proportionality and consistency. The requirement that the reports and care plans provided to the court by the social services should be both explicit and concrete was extended, and youth service was introduced as a supplementary sanction. Finally, a requirement was introduced whereby the social services must report back to the prosecutor if a care plan is not put into effect. The opportunities for the abrogation of sanctions in such cases were extended.