A Youth Justice Board (YJB) report has highlighted a series of issues that have led to young people not being dealt with appropriately by YOTs, with potentially tragic results.
Serious incidents, as categorised by the YJB, can include the death of a young person in custody.
The term also covers instances when a young person under the supervision of a YOT commits an offence such as murder, rape, torture or firearms offences.
It is unclear how many serious incidents took place during the period covered by the report, October 2007 to December 2008.
However, the report states that the "issue of poor quality assessments has been raised as a common theme across a large proportion of serious incidents reported in England and Wales".
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