HM Inspectorate of Probation recently assessed the abilities of six youth offending teams (YOTs) to support young people to stop reoffending.
The YOTs were judged on their desistance work including their ability to build effective relationships with, and create community participation opportunities for, young people, and manage wider social contexts, including young people's family and peers.
Between January and April 2015, researchers interviewed a group of former service users who had been subject to youth rehabilitation orders or custody and not reoffended for at least 12 months, as well as current service users subject to referral orders or custody who had reoffended within 12 months.
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