As part of the serious violence strategy, the government said there is emerging evidence that "trauma-informed" youth justice services can help young people turn their lives around.
A trial of the Enhanced Case Management (ECM) system - which sees a multi-agency team work to understand the key traumatic events in a young person's life and develop tailored interventions to address the underlying reasons for their behaviour, has already been conducted across three YOTs in Wales.
The serious violence strategy reveals that the initiative will now be trialled in England across four YOTs in the South West of England, working alongside NHS England, Public Health England, the local clinical commissioning group and Exeter University.
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