The Crown Prosecution Service has revised its guidance on prosecutingcrimes committed in children's homes.
John Fassenfelt, chair of the Magistrates' Association's youth courtscommittee, said professionals must consider what impact prosecutionwould have on the child. "Children's homes are using the prosecutionsystem as a means of disciplining children," he said.
"I hope it will stop silly cases coming to court. I know of a youngperson with severe Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder who wasprosecuted for breaking a broom handle."
The guidance says a statement on how the behaviour management policy ofthe children's home has been implemented should accompany requests foradvice on prosecutions.
- www.cps.gov.uk/legal/section4/chapter_b.html#20.
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