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OPINION: HOT ISSUE - Should custody be abolished as a tool of youth justice?

19 February 2003, Young People Now

The UK imprisons more young people than any country in Europe. Yet research suggests that tough restorative justice and community programmes are better at reducing youth crime. YES - Fran...

EDITORIAL: Politicians must want voting rights at 16

19 February 2003, Young People Now

As much as most of us believe in the goal of the Votes at 16 campaign, how many of us really give it much of a chance? In a society...

OPINION: Take kids to water and let them drink

19 February 2003, Young People Now

Tom Wylie's review of the classic text Scouting for Boys (YPN 15-21 January, p18) suggested it was probably no longer necessary to know how to stop a runaway horse. I...

DRUGS: Cannabis confusion

19 February 2003, Young People Now

Lambeth's cannabis experiment has prompted many to believe that use of the drug is now legal. Tim Burke finds out what this perceived decriminalisation means for youth work. Next time...

DISABILITY: Take disability seriously

19 February 2003, Young People Now

Doug Nicholls, general secretary of the Community and Youth Workers' Union, believes that youth workers are failing to live up to their responsibilities to disabled young people. PJ White's recent...

RESOURCES: Toolbox - Should publicity-seekers still expect privacy?

19 February 2003, Young People Now

How does the public's right to know conflict with the right to privacy in a free society?. Kick-start a discussion, By PJ White We know that Naomi Campbell had a...

RESOURCES: Just out - A round-up of new resources for youth workers

19 February 2003, Young People Now

Sustainable Human Development - A Young People's Introduction. An analysis of the world's progress in the eradication of poverty and the achievement of a dignified life for all. It explores...

RESOURCES: Classic text revisited - The Social Education of the Adolescent Bernard Davies and Alan Gibson, 1967

19 February 2003, Young People Now

There is a massive sense of deja vu when one revisits this text. The authors' advocacy of a "client-centred" social education, delivered significantly, but not exclusively, through youth work, resonates...

RESOURCES: Review - Give young offenders a chance to rehabilitate

19 February 2003, Young People Now

Given last week's furore over Ashfield Young Offenders Institution and the decision by the Youth Justice Board to transfer its 170 convicted young offenders to other institutions, it is timely...

RESOURCES: Quick guide to ... stopping a fight

19 February 2003, Young People Now

Put down that bucket of water. These are young people we are talking about, not scrapping alley cats. Better not to think of raising the winner's arm and letting them...