1st Edition

The Participation of Juvenile Defendants in the Youth Court A Comparative Study of Juvenile Justice Procedures in Europe

By Stephanie Rap Copyright 2019
432 Pages
by Routledge

432 Pages
by Routledge

This study revolves around the issue of the participation of juvenile defendants in the youth court. Juvenile defendants’ right to be heard, as stipulated in international children’s rights law and standards, and the fact that juveniles have a limited understanding of the juvenile justice process are taken as starting points to formulate directives in order for young persons to be able to... Read more
Acknowledgements, Chapter 1 Introduction, Part I Normative framework of the study, Part II The juvenile justice systems, Part III Effective participation in practice, Bibliography, Appendices, Samenvatting (Summary in Dutch), Biography, Publications

Biography

Stephanie Rap wrote her PhD thesis on comparative juvenile justice at Utrecht University. There, she currently teaches youth criminology and comparative juvenile justice.