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Dear all,

You maybe interested in my latest (hot of the press) open access publication on the English Youth Courts and sentencing communications (explanations) to young defendants (10-17)?  If so, please read on:

Article’s global significance:

Globally, judiciaries are moving towards enhanced sentencing transparency (clarity) with the increased publication of their sentencing explanations as written narratives or videos online. With this comes a global opportunity for them to engage with the public whom they serve and for academics to further explore comparative questions about judicial degrees of understanding, accountability, composition (equality) and legal (sentencing) processes.  To gain a snapshot from the British perspective, this paper qualitatively explores the English judicial approach towards their sentence explanations via their remarks made within the Magistrates’ Youth Court.

Article’s open access:

The online link to the article is: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/14732254211004764