The authors argue that New Labour's policies have been driven by the theory of social investment. This sees certain groups of children such as young offenders, children in disadvantaged areas and looked-after children as representing significant threats to society, but also as potential for opportunity, through effective early intervention and investment.
While this approach has significant advantages, not least of which being the most concerted focus on children of any post-war period, it also has disadvantages. Targeting some groups of children, such as looked-after children, inevitably leads to the needs of other groups being overlooked.
Services may also become distorted to meet the needs of particular groups for specific periods of time.
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