An evaluation report into the Youth Justice Board's intensive supervision and surveillance programme (ISSP), a community-based alternative to custody, is likely to highlight the scheme's success in cutting reoffending and getting offenders into employment and education.
Bob Baird, ISSP manager for south and east Leeds, one of the programmes that took part in the Oxford University evaluation, said:"We have seen fairly startling improvements in conviction rates."
Miranda Walters, ISSP manager for Northamptonshire, said the initiative had made a "tremendous impact". She added: "The structure it helps bring to lives is crucial."
Jim Brady, ISSP manager at Nacro Bradford York Partnership, praised the programme for reducing the average time between offences from 14 days to 54 days (YPN, 7-13 July, p14).
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