Guidelines published by the Sentencing Council today, which come into effect on 1 June, state that although the factors contributing to ethnic disproportionality within the youth justice system are complex, one factor is that a significant proportion of looked-after children and young people are from a black and minority ethnic background.
It adds that a further factor may be the experience of such children and young people in terms of discrimination and negative experiences of authority.
"When having regard to the welfare of the child or young person to be sentenced, the particular factors which arise in the case of black and minority ethnic children and young people need to be taken into account," the guidance states.
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