
Keeping young people in contact with the justice system safe
Probation inspectorate reviews how well youth offending services identify safety concerns.
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Probation inspectorate reviews how well youth offending services identify safety concerns.

Young Advocates report focuses on the three priority topics of stereotypes, education and warning signs, and jail.

Anne-Marie Day highlights the confusion surrounding whether youth justice practitioners should prioritise the management of risk or adopt a child first approach.

What do we know about children and young people deprived of their liberty?

The Youth Justice Board annual statistics highlight concerns over racial disparity and high numbers of children on remand.

Probation inspectors find “significant deficits” in the quality of work conducted by youth offending services and partner agencies with black and mixed heritage boys.

Dr Anne-Marie Day on the experiences and pathways of children in care in the youth justice system.

New Howard League project to tackle surging use of remand among children in custody.

No standard approach to Out of Court youth justice disposals results in big variations in quality of delivery.

Chris Trotter explains the collaborative family work model in youth justice in HMI Probation Academic Insights series.

Latest YJB annual stats show first rise in the number of children arrested in a decade.

Youth Justice Board finds all minority ethnic groups more likely to be remanded in custody.