It is now, of course, a key mantra of government - a commitment to prevention, non-negotiable support and enforcement, enshrined in the Youth Crime Action Plan. Children's Secretary Ed Balls sees them as the main factors in producing an apparent decline in antisocial behaviour.
For most youth workers, the idea of prevention is quite palatable, even though many don't want their work thought of as only about reducing levels of youth crime, unemployment or other forms of youth risk. For most youth workers, enforcement is somebody else's business. It is the idea of non-negotiable support that sticks in the gullet. Too much iron fist and not enough velvet glove, perhaps?
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