As we reveal this week, the ranks of the Metropolitan Police will receive training early next year on integrating the five Every Child Matters outcomes into its work (see news, p1).
It's a hugely encouraging move by Britain's largest police force. It means the police will begin to join the range of professional groups in adopting a common framework of thinking with regard to the young. Of course, the police has to deal with criminal behaviour, but the training puts the onus on prevention rather than punishment. Its focus is on the potential, not criminalisation, of young people and on maximising chances, not reprimanding antisocial behaviour.
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