31 March 2014
New figures released by the Minister for Home Affairs for 2013 indicate that youth crime levels in Jersey remain at a very low level.
Home Affairs Minister, Senator Ian Le Marquand, said “The pattern of a major reduction in levels of youth crime has continued throughout 2013. I was very pleasantly surprised by the 2012 figure, but the 2012 trend is being continued.”
The number of cases presented to the Youth Court
| Cases |
344 |
253 |
179 |
71 |
62 |
|---|
The comparable figures for the numbers aged under 18 in the Young Offenders Institution at the Prison and in Greenfields Remand Centre in relation to criminal charges and for the number of offences committed by under 18s are also available.
Young Offenders Institution
| Number of admissions |
20 |
41 |
18 |
6 |
3 |
|---|
Greenfields (criminal charge related)
| Number of young people on remand |
26 |
20 |
9 |
4 |
6 |
|---|
Number of offences detected
| Offences detected |
664 |
522 |
343 |
211 |
238 |
|---|
Senator Le Marquand said “There continues to be a significant shift in the recent pattern of levels of youth crime, and this continues to be a very good news story. During 2013 a member of my staff produced a report entitled ‘Youth Offending in Jersey’, which is available as R.101/2013 on the States Assembly website.
"The report celebrates the good practice that is occurring in government agencies, businesses and voluntary, community and faith-based groups and acknowledges the real reduction in youth offending being experienced by the Island as evidenced by the above statistics.
"The findings, however, indicate that this welcome reduction is being experienced in other jurisdictions, not just in Jersey. The evidence from both the Island and other places points to the advent of internet usage as a link. Consequently, we have recognised that there are potential concerns arising with regard to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults, the changing nature of crime, crimes committed on-line, the collection of reliable data about internet crimes and the laws that we have to deal with this."
States Assembly website
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