In its submission to Graham Allen’s review into early intervention, the commission has renewed calls for prevention services to be given a higher profile in tackling crime and antisocial behaviour.
Responding to a question that asked why more cost-effective ways of improving children’s capabilities are not undertaken the commission said funding is only one issue.
It stated another reason as: "A political and media-fuelled emphasis on crisis intervention that has reinforced a risk-averse culture among service planners who have treated investment in prevention as a lower priority." Another factor according to the commission is: "A tendency for national and local policy makers to demand higher standards of evidence than they apply to existing approaches for which there is little or no supporting evidence of effectiveness."
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