Training

Formal and informal training and sensitisation of actors in the juvenile justice system is essential to reform. However, this training needs to be of good quality, sustainable and replicable. Experience shows that, due to the inter-related nature of stakeholders in the system, cross-sectoral training is just as important as training of specific groups such as lawyers, judges, prosecutors, defenders, social workers, probation officers, detention centre staff etc. Training and sensitisation, however, is only one part of a broader strategy needed to improve juvenile justice attitudes and practice. It is hoped that the tools available here will assist those involved in juvenile justice training to improve the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of such programmes.

Key resource: Penal Reform International (PRI)/ UNICEF, Juvenile Justice Training Manual (2007)

A CD version of the Training Manual is available from the Secretariat of the Interagency Panel on Juvenile Justice in Arabic, English, French and Russian.

For other training materials, please consult our resource centre by clicking here.