How will the The Criminal Justice Bill and Sentencing Bill impact children?

The Criminal Justice Bill and Sentencing Bill were introduced to Parliament on 14 November and enforce a range of new legislation for children involved in crime.

Children being sentenced in Crown Court will now be subject to attendance orders, after consultation with the relevant youth justice service, if convicted of an offence that can carry punishment of life imprisonment. However they will not be subject to an element of the measure which allows "the use of reasonable force" to ensure a defendant attends sentencing.

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Young people convicted of crimes related to controlling or coercive behaviour will also be subject to more intensive management by police, probation and the prison service through changes to Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA).

A new statutory aggravating factor for murders which are connected to the end of a relationship, or the victim's intention to end a relationship will be considered in cases involving children.

For children convicted of serious sexual offences, they will also have to spend their entire custodial sentence in prison under the new Bills.

The Home Detention Curfew scheme is also set to be extended to suitable individuals, with sentence length and previous curfew breaches no longer to be a sole reason for exclusion from the sentence for minors.

The government will also introduce a range of new offences to tackle the recording and photographing of intimate images without consent, and to tackle self-harm and possession of bladed articles, alongside creating a statutory aggravating factor at sentencing for those involved in grooming gangs.

There will also be a general move away from custodial sentences of 12 months or less for adults, however the Ministry of Justice is yet to release specific details over how this will effect the youth justice system.