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Are children's home arrests a problem?

    Features
  • Tuesday, September 25, 2018
  • | CYP Now
The Howard League for Penal Reform is concerned that children in residential care are being criminalised unfairly, despite a report showing a fall in arrests. Experts debate if enough is being done to tackle the issue.

Special Report: Reducing Youth Reoffending

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  • Tuesday, October 30, 2018
  • | CYP Now
Youth justice services have developed a range of innovative approaches to engage repeat offenders, but experts say more needs to be done to support young people with the most entrenched problems.

Youth Offending Special Report

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  • Tuesday, October 25, 2022
  • | CYP Now
Levels of offending by young people have fallen sharply since 2012, but severe offences now make up a greater proportion of convictions highlighting the need for services to deliver more intensive early help.

Special Report: Resettlement of Children

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  • Wednesday, August 30, 2023
  • | CYP Now
Youth offending teams and local authorities are working together to design and deliver resettlement solutions that focus on the child's needs and support them at an early stage through their journey.

Inspections Clinic: Youth offending services

Latest probation inspectorate annual report highlights services striving to tackle disproportionality but management of young offender risk in the community remains a problem, reports Jo Stephenson.

Youth Justice: Special Report

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  • Tuesday, November 24, 2020
  • | CYP Now
Against a background of continuing wide-ranging reforms of the youth justice system, CYP Now’s special report looks at the latest trends and policy developments, academic research and examples of best practice.

Youth offending services: Inspections Clinic

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  • Tuesday, January 26, 2021
  • | CYP Now
Recent assessment of youth offending services shows more than half needing improvements, yet inspectors also found many teams providing good support to young people, writes Jo Stephenson.

A decade on from the summer riots

It is 10 years since England was rocked by rioting and looting that spread from London to other cities. Experts, charities and young people explore whether lessons were learned and if it could happen again.

Gangs and Criminal Exploitation: Special Report

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  • Wednesday, July 31, 2019
  • | CYP Now
A rise in gang violence and youth crime has prompted policymakers to develop legislation to tackle the threats and boost funding for statutory and voluntary agencies to support child criminal exploitation victims.