A "constructive" approach to tackling youth offending risks being lost if the Ministry of Justice moves to restrict the role of the Youth Justice Board (YJB), academics have warned.

The YJB was handed a last-minute reprieve in November, when the government announced a U-turn on controversial proposals to axe the quango.
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