A criminal justice system is of course a fundamental part of society. Victims, their families and indeed the wider community, rightly need assurances that anyone committing serious offences will be held to account and deterred from further offending.
But what isn’t widely understood, outside of the field, is the extent to which this is actually happening. There is an urgent need for these highly vulnerable, complex children and young adults to be provided with meaningful mental health and practical support, in a rehabilitative and therapeutic environment, to cope with the situation they are in and to reduce the potential for further offending.
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