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Better joint working needed to stop young people falling into cycle of crime

A strategy is needed to improve joint working between government departments and public services to rehabilitate young people with multiple needs and help them escape a life in the criminal justice system, a charity has claimed.

Charity Revolving Doors Agency, which works to help people with mental health problems caught in a cycle between homelessness, prison and mental health problems, has put together a case for reforming public services after consulting with service users and frontline workers.

The report Case for Change calls on parties to consider changes to policy including the introduction of a green paper that addresses a joined-up, cross-departmental "multiple needs" strategy to drive the reform of public services and a new crime and reoffending strategy that focuses on people who are in repeat contact with the criminal justice system.

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