Youth justice has taken a hammering in recent weeks, with the assertions by the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies that New Labour's reforms have failed, and a similar assessment made in a leaked briefing prepared jointly by the Ministry of Justice and the Department for Children, Schools and Families. These two departments are joint sponsors of the Youth Justice Board.
The two predominant concerns among most commentators on that system have been the excessive use of custody and, on the other hand, the abject failure to enlist sufficient support for young offenders from broader domains of policy: namely education, health and housing.
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