Rob Allen, director of the International Centre for Prison Studies at King's College London, and a board member since 1998, believes the Home Office is now too focused on protecting the public, rather than offering support to young offenders.
In a report to be published after Allen leaves the YJB next month, he will argue that the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) is well positioned to introduce policies that will improve youth justice.
"While I'm happy with aspects of the YJB's work, I think there are some fundamental problems with some of the directions the youth justice system has taken," he said. "I'm recommending that the YJB should continue, but be subsumed by the DfES."
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