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John Drew is a senior associate at the Prison Reform Trust and former chief executive of the Youth Justice Board

Opinion 31 August 2021

YOT premises must be ‘weapon-free zones’

Multi-agency working needs a holistic, ‘outward-looking’ approach to foster understanding between partners. Picture: TMLSPHOTOG/Adobe Stock

Features 31 August 2021

Inspections Clinic: Multi-agency working

Mentors from Croydon-based charity Lives Not Knives work with vulnerable young people who face multiple challenges against a volatile backdrop of rising knife crime

Features 27 July 2021

A decade on from the summer riots

Samantha Jury-Dada (second from left) met professionals in US gang intervention

Best Practice 25 May 2021

Working with girls in gangs, US

Many young offenders who participated in the study were found to have experienced mental health problems, violence and abuse. Picture: Rimmdream/Adobe Stock

Analysis 30 March 2021

Study links trauma to offending

Picture: Maayan/Adobe Stock

Funding 30 March 2021

Youth Endowment Fund – Youth diversion

Professional coaches will support young people to appreciate their own strengths

Analysis 5 January 2021

Coaching for a crime-free life

Youth Now aims to effect change in communities blighted by violence in Oldham. Picture: SakhanPhotography/Adobe Stock

Features 5 January 2021

Contextual Safeguarding tackles youth violence in Oldham

James Mapstone: "We’ll help create a fair and open criminal justice system where no person faces discrimination”

Opinion 24 November 2020

Sport can tackle the problem of youth justice disproportionality

Face-to-face meetings with victims are encouraged to help foster rehabilitation. Picture: alho007/Adobe Stock

Features 24 November 2020

How schemes divert young people in London from formal justice system

Mervyn Kaye: "In the post-Covid-19 world, the need for youth and play work will not be diminished"

Analysis 31 March 2020

Violence and youth work cuts

Campbell Robb: "I believe that fewer young people should be in prison"

Features 31 March 2020

Interview: Campbell Robb, Nacro chief executive

Young people who are vulnerable, lonely or have learning difficulties are especially targeted by organised crime groups. Picture: Adobe Stock

Research 28 January 2020

‘It’s a no-win scenario, either the police or a gang will get you’ Young People and Organised Crime – Vulnerable or Criminal?

Northampton Council’s Anna King says specialist work on knife crime is necessary

Best Practice 28 January 2020

Youth workers tackle knife crime in Northampton

Other 2 January 2020

Age of criminal responsibility

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