• E4J University Module Series: Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice

• Module 13: Justice for Children

• Introduction and learning outcomes

• Key issues

  • Topic one - The role of the justice system
  • Topic two - The Convention on the Rights of the Child and the international legal framework on children’s rights
  • Topic three - Justice for children
  • Topic four - Justice for children in conflict with the law
  • Topic five - Realizing justice for children in the face of contemporary challenges
  • Summary
  • References

• Exercises

• Case studies

• Possible class structure

• Core reading

• Advanced reading

• Student assessment

• Additional teaching tools

• Guidelines to develop a stand-alone course

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• First published in July 2020
  

 

 

   This module is a resource for lecturers   

 

Advanced reading

 

The following readings are recommended for students interested in exploring the topics of this Module in more detail, and for lecturers teaching the Module:

• Delmage E (2013). “The minimum age of criminal responsibility: A medico-legal perspective.” Youth Justice. vol. 13. no. 2. pp. 102–110.
• Eekelaar, John (1994). “The Interests of the child and the child's wishes: the role of dynamic self-determinism.” International Journal of Law Policy and the Family. Vol. 8. no. 1. pp. 42-61.
• Goldson, Barry (2005). “Child Imprisonment: A Case for Abolition.” Youth Justice. vol. 5. no. 2. pp. 77-90.
• Hammarberg, Thomas (2008). “A Juvenile Justice Approach Built on Human Rights Principles.” Youth Justice. vol. 8. no. 3. pp. 193-196.
• Lamb ME and Sim MPY (2013). “Developmental factors affecting children in legal contexts.” Youth Justice. vol. 13. no. 2. pp. 131–144.
• Liefaard, Ton (2015). “Juvenile justice from an international children’s rights perspective.” Routledge International Handbook of Children’s Rights Studies. Wouter Vandenhole, Ellen Desmet, Didier Reynaert and Sara Lembrechts, eds. pp. 234-256.
• United Nations Human Rights Committee, Joint report of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children on prevention of and responses to violence against children (Human Rights Council, 21^st session, 27 June 2012, A/HRC/21/25).
• United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) (2009). Handbook for Professionals and Policymakers on Justice in matters involving child victims and witnesses of crime.United Nations: New York.

 

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