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Children are vulnerable individuals who are not yet fully developed and childhood is a fragile stage of life that is fundamental to personal development and to future society.
Such a flexible option would allow sheriffs to hand down, for example, a two-year custodial sentence and a five-year community sentence the latter of which included attendance on a programme.