The relationship between youth work and youth justice has always been a tricky one. Ever since a formalised idea of what youth work is developed, the two professions have seemed at loggerheads: the voluntary and informal nature of youth work clashing with the punishment-oriented approach of the youth justice world.
But the arrival of the Youth Justice Board in 1998 challenged this divide by adding many of the principles of youth work into the youth justice mix.
The two professions are now working more closely than ever, with youth workers a familiar sight within youth offending teams (YOTs), and youth workers increasingly working with young people in formal environments such as prisons (YPN, 7-14 January, p12).
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