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A two-pronged approach focused on prevention and therapeutic intervention has seen criminal entrance and reoffending rates reduce since Doncaster Children's Services Trust took control of the Youth Offending Service (YOS) in 2015. Three years ago, Doncaster had the second highest rate of young people entering the criminal justice system in England.
Head of service Andy Hood explains how the strategy came about: "More children than necessary were entering the system. The majority were not going on to lead consistently offence-free lifestyles and the judiciary in the area was heavily custody focused, partly because of the high numbers of young people in the system.
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