Indeed, an early new Labour initiative was On Track, established by the Home Office in 24 pilot areas to reduce the likelihood of disadvantaged young people turning to crime.
The focus, however, was on five core interventions (such as parent support and training, home-school links and family therapy) and other optional ones relating to advice and guidance in family, school and community. Crime hardly got a mention. This was probably the reason why the programme was shifted to the Department for Education and Employment (DfEE). There, it became a muddled supplement to the Children's Fund, originally envisaged to run as the operational arm of the Children and Young People's Unit.
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