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Children's Rights as Crime Prevention

Children's Rights as Crime Prevention <jats:sec><jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The purpose of this article is to examine the linkage between implementing the rights of children, as described in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, and preventing youth crime. Using Canada as a case study and comparing jurisdictions in Canada where youth crime rates are relatively low and high, the article concludes that efforts at crime prevention are more successful where child and family policies in support of children's rights are stronger. What this illustrates is the importance of implementing children's rights as means of preventing crime.</jats:p> </jats:sec> http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The International Journal of Children's Rights Brill

Children's Rights as Crime Prevention

The International Journal of Children's Rights , Volume 16 (4): 457 – Jan 1, 2008

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Publisher
Brill
Copyright
© 2008 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0927-5568
eISSN
1571-8182
DOI
10.1163/157181808X303519
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Abstract

<jats:sec><jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The purpose of this article is to examine the linkage between implementing the rights of children, as described in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, and preventing youth crime. Using Canada as a case study and comparing jurisdictions in Canada where youth crime rates are relatively low and high, the article concludes that efforts at crime prevention are more successful where child and family policies in support of children's rights are stronger. What this illustrates is the importance of implementing children's rights as means of preventing crime.</jats:p> </jats:sec>

Journal

The International Journal of Children's RightsBrill

Published: Jan 1, 2008

Keywords: UN CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD; CANADA; CRIME PREVENTION; CHILDREN'S RIGHTS; SOCIAL CRIME PREVENTION; YOUTH CRIME

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