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Health needs of children in prison
Published in:
Archives of Disease in Childhood, Vol: 89, Page: 500-501,BMJ Publishing Group
Aims & Objectives:
This article discusses the number of children in custody
Abstract:
Great Britain was the last state in Europe to ban corporal punishment in schools. The House of Commons did not vote for the abolition of state sanctioned physical punishment in the classroom until 1986, and it took a further 12 years for corporal punishment to be banned in independent schools. This ban still does not extend to schools in Northern Ireland. Countries which have ratified the United Nations' Convention on the Rights of the Child, have to submit regular reports to the Committee showing what they are doing to implement the treaty. The increasing numbers of children in custody for lesser offences and for longer periods of time was highlighted as was the low age of criminal responsibility. This is 8 in Scotland, 10 in England, and 13 in most other European states. There was also criticism of the conditions in which children are held in young offenders institutes where there is frequently a high level of violence, bullying, self harm, and suicide.
Authors:
M. Mather
Study Type:
Non Study Papers » Discussion paper, review, commentary, letter »
Notes:
Article 00039888 Accession Number: 13484682; Mather, M. 1; Email Address: mary.mathdr@bexIey.nhs.uk; Affiliations: 1: Bexley Primary Core Trust, 221 Erith Road, Bexleyheath, Kent DA7 6HZ, UK. Source Info: Jun2004, Vol. 89 Issue 6, p500; Note: Publisher Information: BMJ Publishing Group.; Subject Term: CHILDREN -- Health & hygiene; Subject Term: PHYSICIANS; Subject Term: PRISONERS; Subject Term: CORPORAL punishment; Subject Term: DISCIPLINE of children; Subject Term: GREAT Britain. -- Parliament. -- House of Commons; Subject Term: GREAT Britain; Number of Pages: 2p. Document Type: Article
Keywords:
- CHILDREN -- Health & hygiene
- corporal punishment
- DISCIPLINE of children
- Great Britain
- GREAT Britain. -- Parliament. -- House of Commons
- PHYSICIANS
- PRISONERS
Geography:
Northern Ireland (Northern Ireland)