015150000a22001570004500001000700000100004100007101000800048200012400056210000900180330099800189461007201187606002401259606003701283700001901320701001801339340657  a20220318              pory50          aeng  aYouth justice? the impact of system contact on patterns of desistance from offendingfLesley McAra, co-aut. Susan McVie  d2007  athis article assesses the effectiveness of the Scotish model of youth justice in the context of a growing body of international research that is challenging the evidence base of policy inmany western jurisdictions. Drawing on findings from the edinburgh study of youth Transitions and crime, it shows low labelling process within agency working cultures serve to recycle certain categories of children into the youth system, whereas other serious offenders escapethe tutelage of normal system, whereas other serious offenders escape the tutelage of the formal system  altogether. the deeper a child penetrates the formal system, the less likely he or she is to desist from offending lies in minimal intervention and maxium diversion. although the Scottish system should be better placed than most other western systems at delivering such an agenda (owing to its founding commitment to decriminalization and destigmazation), as currently implemented it appears to be failing many young people.   tEuropean journal of criminology. - Vol.4,nº3 (july 2007),p.315-345  aPOLÍTICA CRIMINAL  aPRODUÇÃO DE PROVAyESCÓCIA  aMacara, Lesley  aMacvie, Susan