Heralding it as a "really positive tool", Eagle believes the YRO can be a catalyst for improvement in the youth justice sector amid tough economic times.
The YRO, launched last November alongside the Scaled Approach, provides a menu of interventions for magistrates to choose from, effectively tailoring community sentences to the needs of a young offender.
Early cases using the new system are just starting to filter through the court system, but Eagle is already convinced of its value.
"We have come a long way and what we now have in place has the capacity to show much more improvement over time," she says.
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