The Justice and welfare debate.

... The Justice and welfare debate Although it has been generally accepted for many years since the arrival of the youth court in the 1908 Children's Act that 'special procedures are needed to deal with young offenders, and a series of different arrangements have developed. There are conflicting views over how such offenders should be dealt with' (Davies et al, 1995:136). These conflicting views are often referred to as the Justice and welfare debate. The arguments and different opinions of how to deal with young offenders have been in debate for many years. In order to look at two totally different perspectives on how to deal with young people and children who commit crime the following paragraphs will consider the punishment, retribution and deterrence believes of the classical criminologist this being the justice approach. Whilst also comparing this to the welfare and rehabilitation beliefs of the conflict and critical criminologist.

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