According to charity the Revolving Doors Agency, last year, over 50,000 cautions or convictions were given to young adults (aged 18-24) for non-violent offences such as theft despite evidence showing that young adults, who enter the criminal justice system for relatively minor offences also have the highest rates of repeat offending.
The new coalition, led by the Revolving Doors Agency, aims to provide research-based early intervention services in a bid to tackle the root causes of reoffending including poverty and adverse childhood experiences.
It also aims to work towards policy changes to provide added support to reoffenders aged over 18.
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