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Chapter 10 Self-test questions
Juveniles in court proceedings
The age of criminality in England and Wales is __. [Please write the number as a word.]
Your response
Can a media report of a youth court trial, published when it ends, legally identify a school as being the one which the 15-year-old defendant attends? Assume that the court made no order affecting reporting.
Yes, provided that naming the school does not identify the defendant
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No
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Yes, if he/she allegedly committed the offence at the school.
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No, unless the school's head gives written permission
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The Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 amended the law to give youth courts a power to permit the media to identify a convicted defendant in reports of the case. By what criterion must a youth court decide whether the media should be permitted to do this?
The court must be satisfied this 'would not substantially harm a juvenile's welfare''
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The court must be satisfied this is 'in the interests of justice'
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The court must be satisfied this is 'reasonable and just'
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The court must be satisfied this is 'in the public interest'
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A juvenile defendant is granted anonymity by a court order made under section 39 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933. If the order is not subsequently lifted by a court, when does this anonymity expire?
When he/she reaches the age of 21
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When, after all proceedings in the case end, any period for an appeal to be made expires
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When he/she reaches the age of 18
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At the end of this defendant's life
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