According to the most recent youth justice statistics, arrests of children increased by 9% compared with the previous year and the youth reoffending rate increased by 0.9 percentage points, the first increase since the year ending March 2014.
Young people’s involvement in violence and experience of criminal exploitation is the result of a complex array of factors. These include entrenched social and economic issues such as poverty, school exclusion and a depletion of youth services. For children and young people, involvement in crime increases the probability of experiencing problematic outcomes in later life, including a greater likelihood of experiencing health and social problems.
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