The Government is crowing about the success of Splash Extra, which provided sport, arts and other activities last summer for 13 to 17-year-olds thought to be in danger of falling into crime. The initiative led to a 5.2 per cent reduction in local crime from July to September in the 10 high-crime parts of the country where it ran, and the Government is now looking at expanding the programme in England (see news, page 2).
In some areas, the results were dramatic. In South Yorkshire, the fall was 17 per cent, compared with a rise of 62 per cent in the areas where Splash Extra did not run. But making schemes like this work is not as easy as putting on some activities and hoping that bored youngsters will turn up for something to do.
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