More reforms of youth justice: is this another change of direction?
No. The Home Office and Youth Justice Board seem confident they are on the right lines: juvenile re-convictions down 22.5 per cent and arrest-to-sentence time cut by half. This has been produced to chime with the Every Child Matters green paper and reinforce principles of early intervention, prevention and multidisciplinary working.
Examples please ... The Home Office has been trying to reduce numbers of young people held on remand. While keeping the option of remand for serious alleged offenders, measures are proposed to widen use of bail.
These include extending Intensive Supervision and Surveillance Programmes; requiring courts to formally consider and reject bail options before using remand; expanding remand fostering; developing community bail hostels in major cities; and creating new guidance and training to improve the quality of pre-sentence reports.
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