Tags are keywords. I put tags on every post to help you find the content you want. Tags may be people (Dominic Raab, say), organisations (The Howard League, PRT), themes (women offenders, homelessness) or specific items (heroin, racial disparity, ROTL). If you’re looking to research a particular issue, they can be invaluable.
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.
Inspectors found nearly half children in youth justice system had reduced access to support during lockdown and 40% no education or training.
Youth Justice Statistics for 2018/19 show that the number of first time entrants to the youth justice system fell by 18% last year.
The number of children and young people in the youth justice system fell again in 2016/17 but knife crime was up and those detained were more likely to be restrained or separated.
Charlie Taylor’s review argues for a devolved youth justice system and a network of secure schools; the MoJ agrees to most recommendations and two such schools.
While there are plenty of things to complain about in our justice system, it seems churlish not to celebrate the continuing fall in youth crime and the reduction in the numbers of young people drawn into the system.
