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Time to strike back against knife attacks

16 July 2008, Anne Longfield, Children & Young People Now

Knife crime has been making headline news recently. At the time of writing, 20 young people in London alone have been killed in weapons-related crime.

Youth crime demands a mature approach

16 July 2008, Ravi Chandiramani, Children & Young People Now

The Youth Crime Action Plan was being drafted frantically as CYP Now went to press. This keenly anticipated document is the most high-profile piece of children's policy this year.

A cabbie's diatribe on disaffected youth

9 July 2008, Howard Williamson, Children & Young People Now

We had a good chat about it - youth crime and youth provision are, as always, high on the political agenda.

Help young people learn the right three Rs

2 July 2008, Howard Williamson, Children & Young People Now

There are always attempts at slick alliteration in the policy field, such as the four Ps that inform The Children's Plan. And there are plenty of alternatives to the traditional...

Youth custody will never be a 'holiday camp'

18 June 2008, Howard Williamson, Children & Young People Now

I have to admit to being incredulous that the reporting of the Metropolitan Police Authority's (MPA) survey took in the word of young people hook, line and sinker.

A cold wind is blowing in from Number 10

10 June 2008, Susanne Rauprich, Youth Work Now

"Police should harass young thugs," proclaimed Home Secretary Jacqui Smith last month.

Editorial: A tough decade for the youth justice system

21 May 2008, Ravi Chandiramani, Children & Young People Now

The youth justice system is under heightened scrutiny as we approach the tenth anniversary of the 1998 Crime and Disorder Act, which created the Youth Justice Board for England and...

Editorial: Resettlement support will curb reoffending

30 April 2008, Ravi Chandiramani, Children & Young People Now

An alarmingly high proportion of young offenders - around 80 per cent - go on to reoffend upon release from custody.

Where are all these gangs we hear about?

23 April 2008, Howard Williamson, Children & Young People Now

What are these gangs that everyone is so preoccupied about these days? There was a time when there was some consensus that the UK, with the early exception of Glasgow...

Editorial: The forgotten victims of the prison system

16 April 2008, Ravi Chandiramani, Children & Young People Now

There is widespread concern these days over the high numbers of young people in custody and the burgeoning prison population more generally. But what about the children of prisoners?