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Barnardo's calls for better education on the dangers of 'sexting'

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

| CYP Now

Barnardo's has urged police forces not to take a "heavy-handed" approach to dealing with young people found to have sent explicit images of themselves to friends.

MPs back mandatory sentences for knife possession

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Wednesday, June 18, 2014

| CYP Now

Plans for over-16s to face mandatory custodial sentences if they are convicted of a knife offence for a second time have been backed by MPs.

Secure college to hold girls alongside boys

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Thursday, June 12, 2014

| CYP Now

Girls will be held alongside older boys in a proposed £80m secure college for young offenders despite strong objections from campaigners.

Commission finds ‘adult bias' in offender diversion services

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Wednesday, June 11, 2014

| CYP Now

A panel of criminal justice and mental health experts has called for greater scrutiny into how liaison and diversion services for young people are being implemented across England.

YJB to investigate safer restraint techniques

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Friday, May 23, 2014

| CYP Now

The Youth Justice Board (YJB) is carrying out two reviews into ways of making physical restraint in young offender settings safer and pain free.

Custody spending to be slashed by Youth Justice Board

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Thursday, May 22, 2014

| CYP Now

The Youth Justice Board (YJB) is to slash funding for youth custody by £56m this year but has pledged to protect community and youth offending team (YOT) budgets.

Councils should prioritise support for young drug users

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Wednesday, May 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities are being urged to prioritise drug abuse support for young people from the age of 10, in latest guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).

Custody threshold must be raised after small fall in child detention, say campaigners

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Thursday, May 15, 2014

| CYP Now

Youth custody figures are unlikely to come down further until the government legislates to raise the threshold for imprisonment, according to prison reform campaigners.

Call for more continuity in youth court system

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Thursday, May 15, 2014

| CYP Now

Young offenders should be assigned a magistrate who monitors their rehabilitation and deals with any subsequent offences, a criminal justice expert has said.

Social workers' leader criticises Troubled Families programme

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Wednesday, May 7, 2014

| CYP Now

The British Association of Social Workers (BASW) has hit out at the government's Troubled Families programme for failing to deliver "sustained change" for participants.

Under-5s to be targeted as part of early intervention crime scheme

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Wednesday, May 7, 2014

| CYP Now

Police in the West Midlands will work with vulnerable children aged five and under as part of an initiative being launched in conjunction with the Early Intervention Foundation.

Children to lose court anonymity at 18

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Wednesday, April 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Children could be deterred from giving evidence in court cases and young offenders could have their rehabilitation harmed as a result of a legal ruling that will allow them to be named publicly once they turn 18.

Magistrates to oversee community supervision of young offenders

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Wednesday, March 26, 2014

| CYP Now

Magistrates are to be handed new powers to manage the rehabilitation of young offenders.

YJB toolkit aims to cut youth reoffending rates

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Wednesday, March 26, 2014

| CYP Now

A new resource that helps youth offending teams (YOTs) analyse in depth offenders' behaviour in an attempt to prevent further offences being committed is to be launched next week.

Lack of joined-up mental health support fails young offenders

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Friday, March 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Young offenders are failing to get adequate mental health support when they move into the adult system, an independent review of the criminal justice system has found.

Budget 2014: Troubled Families expansion brought forward

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Thursday, March 20, 2014

| CYP Now

The expansion of the government's Troubled Families programme is to be speeded up, the Chancellor announced in the Budget.

Inspectors call for urgent improvements at Portsmouth YOT

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Wednesday, February 26, 2014

| CYP Now

Youth offending work in Portsmouth is "worryingly poor" and needs to be improved urgently, a joint inspection of the city's youth offending team (YOT) has concluded.

Government advises against cell use for children with mental health problems

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Tuesday, February 25, 2014

| CYP Now

The government has issued updated advice on crisis mental health care that states police cells should never be used to hold children and young people.

Nacro appoints Action for Children director as new chief

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Thursday, January 30, 2014

| CYP Now

Crime reduction charity Nacro has appointed a new chief executive to take over from Paul McDowell who leaves next month.

Parenting support cuts child conduct disorder

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Friday, January 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Parenting support programmes significantly cut the risk of children developing behavioural problems and becoming offenders in adolescence and adulthood, a new study suggests.

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Barnardo's calls for better education on the dangers of 'sexting'

MPs back mandatory sentences for knife possession

Secure college to hold girls alongside boys

Commission finds ‘adult bias' in offender diversion services

YJB to investigate safer restraint techniques

Custody spending to be slashed by Youth Justice Board

Councils should prioritise support for young drug users

Custody threshold must be raised after small fall in child detention, say campaigners

Call for more continuity in youth court system

Social workers' leader criticises Troubled Families programme

Under-5s to be targeted as part of early intervention crime scheme

Children to lose court anonymity at 18

Magistrates to oversee community supervision of young offenders

YJB toolkit aims to cut youth reoffending rates

Lack of joined-up mental health support fails young offenders

Budget 2014: Troubled Families expansion brought forward

Inspectors call for urgent improvements at Portsmouth YOT

Government advises against cell use for children with mental health problems

Nacro appoints Action for Children director as new chief

Parenting support cuts child conduct disorder

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