Speeches

"How to turn young offenders into adult criminals, in just ten easy steps"

Judge Andrew Becroft
Principal Youth Court Judge for New Zealand
Te Kaiwhakawa Matua o Te Kooti Taiohi o Aotearoa

Prison Fellowship 25th Anniversary
National Conference
"New Approaches to Crime and Justice"

Upper Hutt, New Zealand

16 May 2008

(PDF 187KB)

Sending out an SOS – Youth Justice needs the Community

Judge Andrew Becroft
Principal Youth Court Judge for New Zealand
Te Kaiwhakawa Matua o Te Kooti Taiohi o Aotearoa

Working Together – A Practical Conference on Offending by Young People in New Zealand

Wellington, New Zealand

26 November 2007

(PDF 283KB)

COMMUNITY-BASED APPROACHES TO YOUTH OFFENDING: A RECIPE FOR SUCCESS

HIS HONOUR JUDGE A J BECROFT
Principal Youth Court Judge for New Zealand
Te Kaiwhakawa Matua o Te Kooti Taiohi o Aotearoa

Conference on the Rehabilitation of Youth Offenders

Singapore

20-21 November 2007

(PDF 225KB)

PUTTING YOUTH JUSTICE UNDER THE MICROSCOPE: WHAT IS THE DIAGNOSIS? A QUICK NIP AND TUCK OR RADICAL SURGERY?

HIS HONOUR JUDGE A J BECROFT
Principal Youth Court Judge for New Zealand
Te Kaiwhakawa Matua o Te Kooti Taiohi o Aotearoa

CONFERENCE ON THE REHABILITATION OF YOUTH OFFENDERS "A NEW ZEALAND PERSPECTIVE"

Singapore 2007

20-21 November 2007

(PDF 350KB)

Youth Justice – "collaboration - by definition"

Judge Andrew Becroft
Principal Youth Court Judge for New Zealand
Te Kaiwhakawa Matua o Te Kooti Taiohi o Aotearoa

Collaboration for Success Conference 2007

Wanganui, New Zealand

17 October 2007

(PDF 160KB)

Restorative Justice in the Youth Court

Judge Andrew Becroft
Principal Youth Court Judge for New Zealand
Te Kaiwhakawa Matua o Te Kooti Taiohi o Aotearoa

Speech to the LEADR 9th International Conference on Alternative Dispute Resolution

Wellington, New Zealand

19 September 2007

(PDF 175KB)

PUTTING YOUTH JUSTICE UNDER THE MICROSCOPE: A QUICK NIP AND TUCK OR RADICAL SURGERY?

HIS HONOUR JUDGE A J BECROFT
Principal Youth Court Judge for New Zealand
Te Kaiwhakawa Matua o Te Kooti Taiohi o Aotearoa

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JUVENILE AND FAMILY COURT JUDGES ANNUAL CONFERENCE

San Francisco 2007

Monday 23 July 2007

(PDF 350KB)

Youth Justice Family Group Conferences: A Quick "Nip and Tuck" or Transplant Surgery - What Would the Doctor Order in 2006?

HIS HONOUR JUDGE A J BECROFT
Principal Youth Court for New Zealand
Te Kaiwhakawa Matua o Te Kooti Taiohi o Aotearoa

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE FAMILY GROUP CONFERENCE – "COMING HOME – TE HOKINGA MAI"

Wellington, New Zealand

27-29 November 2006

(PDF 86KB)

Youth Justice Model v The Welfare Model : Have we got the balance right?

His Honour Judge AP Walsh
District Court Judge, New Zealand

November 2006

Alternative Approaches to Sentencing (PDF 100 KB)

His Honour Judge A J Becroft, Principal Youth Court Judge, New Zealand Youth Court
Te Kaiwhakawa Matua o Te Kooti Taiohi o Aotearoa

CMJA TRIENNIAL CONFERENCE, TORONTO, CANADA

Tuesday 12 September 2006

Children and Young People in Conflict with the Law: Asking the Hard Questions (PDF 259 KB) (PowerPoint presentation 1.4MB)

His Honour Judge A J Becroft, Principal Youth Court Judge, New Zealand Youth Court
Te Kaiwhakawa Matua o Te Kooti Taiohi o Aotearoa

XVII WORLD CONGRESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF YOUTH AND FAMILY JUDGES AND MAGISTRATES
Belfast

Thursday 31August 2006

Youth Offending: Factors that Contribute and how the System Responds (PDF 170KB)

His Honour Judge A J Becroft, Principal Youth Court Judge, New Zealand Youth Court
Te Kaiwhakawa Matua o Te Kooti Taiohi o Aotearoa
&
Rhonda Thompson, Research Counsel to Principal Youth Court Judge

SYMPOSIUM CHILD AND YOUTH OFFENDERS: WHAT WORKS
Hosted by Dr Cindy Kiro, Chrildren's Commissioner

Tuesday 22 August 2006
Trial and Treatment of Youth Offenders: Human Rights at the Coalface of Youth Justice (PDF 121Kb)

His Honour Judge A J Becroft, Principal Youth Court Judge, New Zealand Youth Court

Commonwealth Law Conference, London

September 2005

Media Releases

See also Youth Offending Rates and Compendium of Youth Justice Articles
Media Statement - Principal Youth Court Judge: Christchurch Youth Drug Court report March 2006
Media Statement - Principal Youth Court Judge: Youth Justice - The Real Picture Nov 2004
Youth Court welcomes award (MS Word) June 2003
Media Statement - Principal Youth Court Judge Says The Picture Of Youth Offending Is Distorted By Inadequate Statistics April 2003
Media Statement - Principal Youth Court Judge Defends Christchurch Pilot February 2003

Court in the Act - Newsletter of the Principal Youth Court Judge

Note: The following documents are in MS Word or Adobe PDF format. HTML is also available.

No 36 (Adobe Acrobat v5 PDF 307KB) August 2008 HTML version coming soon
No 35 (Adobe Acrobat v5 PDF 264KB) May 2008 HTML
No 34 (Adobe Acrobat v5 PDF 199KB) February 2008 HTML
No 33 (Adobe Acrobat v5 PDF 477KB) December 2007 HTML
No 32 (Adobe Acrobat v5 PDF 129KB) December 2007 HTML
No 31 (Adobe Acrobat v5 PDF 308KB) September 2007 HTML
No 30 (Adobe Acrobat v5 PDF 373KB) July 2007 HTML
No 29 (Adobe Acrobat v5 PDF 420KB) June 2007 HTML
No 28 (Adobe Acrobat v5 PDF 259KB) May 2007 HTML
No 27 (Adobe Acrobat v5 PDF 357KB) March 2007 HTML
No 26 (Adobe Acrobat v5 PDF 376KB) December 2006 HTML
No 25 (Adobe Acrobat v5 PDF 340KB) November 2006 HTML
No 24 (MS Word 137KB) October 2006 HTML
No 23 Special Edition (MS Word 151KB) July 2006 HTML
No 22 (MS Word 228KB) July 2006 HTML
No 21 (MS Word 218KB) March 2006 HTML
No 20 (PDF 218kb) December 2005 HTML
No 19 (PDF 76kb) November 2005 HTML
No 18 (PDF 66kb) September 2005 HTML
No 17 (PDF 41kb) July 2005 HTML
No 16 (PDF 21kb) June 2005 HTML
No 14 (MS Word 2268KB) May 2005 HTML
No 13 (MS Word 2591KB) December 2004 HTML
No 12 (MS Word 2441KB) October 2004 HTML
No 11 (MS Word 682KB) July 2004 HTML
No 10 (MS Word 69KB) May 2004 HTML
No 9 (MS Word 118KB) December 2003 HTML
No 8 (PDF 132KB) Attachments: Youth Offending - Putting the Headlines in Context, Fatal Denial (HTML) (PDF 301KB) November 2003 HTML
No 7 (PDF 690KB) September 2003 HTML
No 6 (MS Word 259KB) May 2003 HTML
No 5 (MS Word 499KB) December 2002 HTML
No 4 (MS Word 1637KB) September 2002 HTML
No 3 (MS Word 44KB) April 2002 HTML
No 2 (MS Word 57KB) September 2001 HTML
No 1 (MS Word 32KB) June 2001 HTML

New 2008 Youth Court Pamphlets

About the Youth Court (PDF 2790KB)

Information for Families (PDF 2603KB)

Information for Victims (PDF 2270KB)

Information for Young People (PDF 2800KB)

 

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