Bob Ashford, speaking at the National Children's and Adult Services Conference last week, said: "There's no legislation saying you should have management boards but we believe there should be. We also think housing should be represented on them as young people without stable housing are more at risk of offending."
He also said YOTs should not be seen as the panacea to youth crime. "The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 made it clear that local authorities should create YOTs," he said. "But it didn't prescribe the role of other services enough. What's happened over the past five to 10 years is we've allowed YOTs to be seen as the answer to youth crime, which they're not. They can do a lot but they can't do it on their own."
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