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Will sanctions or support ward off trouble?

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

One element of the "triple track" response in the new Youth Taskforce Action Plan is the idea of non-negotiable support. Some will immediately baulk at the concept: surely support has...

Editorial: Lambeth leads fight against violence

1 April 2008, Andy Hillier, Youth Work Now

Twenty-seven young people were killed in knife- or gun-related incidents in London last year. A further nine had died in the capital by the end of March this year.

Commissioner for Wales is up to the challenge

26 March 2008, Howard Williamson, Children & Young People Now

It was an "exceedingly drawn-out" appointments process, according to one Welsh politician. But Keith Towler came through the interviews, both with young people and politicians, to secure the position of...

Editorial: Britain's hidden disability is in the limelight

19 March 2008, Ravi Chandiramani, Children & Young People Now

For too long now, children and young people with speech and language needs have been overlooked. One in ten children have a communication impairment in the UK.

This game of funding musical chairs must stop

6 February 2008, Howard Williamson, Children & Young People Now

The principle is a good one and absolutely right: early intervention in childhood, providing support to children and their families, carries the best prospect of reducing risk factors and enhancing...

The amoral panic surrounding juvenile crime

30 January 2008, Howard Williamson, Children & Young People Now

The conviction of three young people in mid-January for the awful murder of Garry Newlove was followed by a moving and poignant plea from his widow Helen for society to...

Editorial: YJB chair must stand up to political heat

23 January 2008, Ravi Chandiramani, Children & Young People Now

The government has at last ended its search for a permanent chair of the Youth Justice Board (see p7). Frances Done's appointment rounds off a turbulent 12 months for the...

The beautiful game has started to turn ugly

16 January 2008, Howard Williamson, Children & Young People Now

In one of the first discussions on youthful antisocial behaviour during the 1990s, I noted in a speech that most of the lads' magazines tended to be preoccupied with half-naked...

Alternatives to custody need to be found

12 December 2007, Anne Longfield, Children & Young People Now

In April this year, the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice adopted the resolution that national action plans should be formed to reduce the imprisonment of juveniles.

Editorial: Don't let this latest death in custody be in vain

5 December 2007, Ravi Chandiramani, Children & Young People Now

Just after seven o'clock last Thursday morning (29 November), a 15-year-old boy was found hanging in his cell at Lancaster Farms Young Offender Institution (YOI).