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Police-assisted interventions ‘crucial’ to prevent reoffending, review finds

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Investment in police-assisted diversion services is crucial to keeping young people out of the criminal justice system, new research has found.
The report recommends more frontline police work to combat organised crime. Picture: Adobe Stock
The report recommends more frontline police work to combat organised crime. Picture: Adobe Stock

A new evidence review by the national justice charity Revolving Doors for T2A (Transition to Adulthood) states that delivering tailored interventions that meet the health and human needs of young adults can turn young people’s lives around, reduce crime and improve public safety.

The report is based on data collected as part of the New Generation policing programme, which brings together police and crime commissioners, chief constables and inspectors to “explore how police-assisted diversion schemes can be used more effectively to meet the needs of young adults and prevent them from being caught in a cycle of crisis and crime”.

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