Safeguarding Children against Sexual Offences

Jamaica is again in the throes of another hurricane season. And considering the fact, that some 215,000 buildings sustained varying degrees of damage during hurricane Melissa just last year, the issue of Building Codes has taken centre stage. In today’s edition of You and the Law, we examine just that. Stay tuned.

Children in conflict with the law for sexual offences is more prevalent than we think. In today’s edition of You and the Law, Detective Corporal Jason Peters of the Centre for Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse, CISOCA, urges greater parental responsibility. Stay tuned.

When a child breaks the law, it is a serious matter and serious consequences will follow. But Jamaica’s forward-thinking Justice system realizes that jail time and a criminal record should never be the automatic response for child offenders. In today’s Edition of You and the Law, we examine the Child Diversion Programme and how the law treats with minors who...