Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 19 February 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Domestic and Sexual Violence: Discussion

3:30 pm

Ms Catherine Joyce:

I agree with Ms Wilson's comments about criminal sanctions and challenging behaviour from that route. There is something to be said about prevention, which relates to intervention in children and young people. We need to consider therapeutic supports and mental health services for children and young people. We must try to support children when they exhibit aggressive behaviour early in life. It should be dealt with and processed so the people in question do not become the next generation of perpetrators.