The Punishing Abuse report, published by the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) and the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner, raises concerns that “a number of children in the youth justice system are being punished as a consequence of the impact on their behaviours of their early abuse and loss.”
The research, which is based on the lives of 80 children in the criminal justice system found that nine in 10 children are known or suspected to have been abused.
It also discovered that 80 per cent of children were subject to school exclusion or attendance at multiple secondary schools. The same percentage are also known or suspected to have a health issue.
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