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Children First Offenders Second is a model of progressive and positive youth justice based on eight practice principles that place the 'child' at the heart of any responses to offending behaviour (Haines and Case 2015; Haines 2009; Haines and Drakeford 1998). These principles are:

1 Child-friendly and child-appropriate not Adulterised treatment 2 Diversionary not Punishment/Justice or Welfare-based 3 Prevention as inclusionary not Prevention as exclusionary 4 Evidence-based partnership not Programme fetishism 5 Legitimate to children not Labelling and stigmatising 6 Systems management not Unprincipled net-widening 7 Partnership with the State not Distrustful of the State 8 Responsibilising adults not Responsibilising children

Children First Offenders Second (CFOS) positive youth justice is a direct challenge to what its authors view as outdated, punitive, stigmatising and unethical models of youth justice delivery in the Westernised world, in particular the widespread use of 'Risk Factor' paradigms in risk-based youth justice (see Case and Haines 2015; 2009 for a detailed critique of these).

References

Haines, K.R. and Case, S.P. (2015) Positive Youth Justice: Children First, Offenders Second. Bristol: Policy Press. http://www.policypress.co.uk/display.asp?K=9781447321712&sf1=contributor&st1=Stephen%20Case&m=1&dc=1

Case, S.P. and Haines, K.R. (2015) Risk Management and Early Intervention. In: B. Goldson and J. Muncie (eds) Youth, Crime and Justice. London: Sage.

Case, S.P. and Haines, K.R. (2009) Understanding youth offending: Risk factor research policy and practice. Cullompton: Willan.

Haines, K.R. (2009) 'The dragonisation of youth justice'. In: W. Taylor, R. Earle and R. Hester (Eds) Youth Justice Handbook. Cullompton: Willan.

Haines, K.R. and Drakeford, M. (1998) Young people and youth justice. London: Palgrave.