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The Institute of Public Policy Research recommended that the government in England and Wales should establish a unified youth justice system, based on the Scottish Reporter system, for assessing the nature of intervention needed by young offenders. This article examines the Scottish youth justice system, the French youth justice systems and the youth justice system in England and Wales. The art...

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There has been growing interest in fiscal decentralization in many developed and developing nations. There seem to be both (i) economic and (ii) political motives behind. Fiscal decentralization can be a way to cope with restructuring public sectors: it is expected to improving efficiency of public sector. Also, delegating power to a lower level government will make public policy more accountab...