Blunt told CYP Now he hopes reforms outlined in December's sentencing green paper will herald a radical change in approach over the next decade. The majority of prevention programmes in the youth justice system focus on children already on the fringes of criminality, but Blunt is keen for more to be invested in earlier interventions.
"I see it as common sense," he said. "Mothers are not getting the help they need to talk and engage with their children. It has to be seen as part of the process that you intervene as early as appropriate and you don't end up with the disaster of a child being sent to custody, which of course is extremely expensive."
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