Børns møde med det danske straffesystem
Abstract One of the shared features of the Nordic countries’ approach towards children in conflict with the law is that there is no distinct criminal justice system for children. Children in conflict with the law are treated within the same system as adults, albeit with specific regulations and sanc...
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2023-10-01
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| author | Kasper Jørgensen Annette Olesen Lene Wacher Lenz Birgit Feldtmann |
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One of the shared features of the Nordic countries’ approach towards children in conflict with the law is that there is no distinct criminal justice system for children. Children in conflict with the law are treated within the same system as adults, albeit with specific regulations and sanctions designed specifically for them. The fact that children are handled within the same system as adults raises the question of whether and how the ‘punitive turn, Nordic style’, which, according to criminological scholars, emerged during the 1990s, has influenced the treatment and punishment of children within the criminal justice system. This question is particularly relevant as children are protected by specific human rights provisions, most notably the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). Based on a descriptive statistical data analysis, this article explores whether a change in the use of sanctions towards children in the Danish criminal justice system can be observed in the period from 1980 to 2020. The findings are related to a discussion about children’s entitlement to special protection under the CRC. |
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| spellingShingle | Kasper Jørgensen Annette Olesen Lene Wacher Lenz Birgit Feldtmann Børns møde med det danske straffesystem Nordisk Tidsskrift for Kriminalvidenskab danish criminal justice system children/juveniles children in conflict with the law the un convention on the rights of the child punitivity det danske straffesystem børn og unge børn i konflikt med straffeloven fn’s børnekonvention strafpopulisme |
| title | Børns møde med det danske straffesystem |
| title_full | Børns møde med det danske straffesystem |
| title_fullStr | Børns møde med det danske straffesystem |
| title_full_unstemmed | Børns møde med det danske straffesystem |
| title_short | Børns møde med det danske straffesystem |
| title_sort | borns mode med det danske straffesystem |
| topic | danish criminal justice system children/juveniles children in conflict with the law the un convention on the rights of the child punitivity det danske straffesystem børn og unge børn i konflikt med straffeloven fn’s børnekonvention strafpopulisme |
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