John Drew, chief executive of the YJB, said the report is not entirely accurate and contained some "over-generalisation and stereotyping", but added that the organisation will work to implement "practicable" recommendations.
However, he warned that resources could hinder change. "The recommendations are not costed, which is always a barrier to implementation, particularly in the current period of reductions in budgets," Drew said in a message to youth offending teams.
"The report also does not sit entirely comfortably with the government’s direction towards greater localism, and probably proposes a greater level of central direction (from the government or the YJB) than is likely to happen, given the government’s views on this.
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