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Restraint and self-harm incidents on the rise in youth jails

Thursday, January 31, 2013

| CYP Now

Young people in custody are being increasingly subjected to restraint, while incidents of self-harm are also on the rise, despite falling numbers of under-18s in the secure estate.

Plan to axe YJB weakened its influence, says chief

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Monday, January 28, 2013

| CYP Now

Government attempts to scrap the Youth Justice Board (YJB) resulted in it losing its authority, the chief executive of the organisation has conceded.

Major young offender resettlement scheme announced for London

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Thursday, January 17, 2013

| CYP Now

Crime reduction charity Nacro has won a contract to run a high profile payment-by-results resettlement scheme for young offenders in London.

Commissioner backs mentors for young offenders

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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

| CYP Now

All young offenders should have access to an adult mentor, a report by the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People has claimed.

PCCs to join forces with early intervention experts

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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

| CYP Now

Police and crime commissioners (PCCs) are being invited to work with early intervention experts to widen the use of successful preventative projects for young people, under plans being considered by the government.

Lin Hinnigan named as YJB chief executive

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Monday, December 3, 2012

| CYP Now

A former social worker and educational psychologist has been selected as the new chief executive of the Youth Justice Board, it has been announced.

Arrests of children and young people drop by a third

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Monday, December 3, 2012

| CYP Now

The number of children and young people arrested by police has dropped by a third since 2008, research has found.

Nacro urges preventative work to divert young people from gangs

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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

| CYP Now

More focus must be placed on diverting young people from antisocial behaviour at an earlier stage, in order to tackle the problem of gangs, a crime reduction charity has said.

Death in custody report highlights 'systemic failures'

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Wednesday, October 24, 2012

| CYP Now

Children and young people who have died in custody in recent years haven been let down by "systemic failures", a study has found.

Government warned against using payment-by-results in youth justice

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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

| CYP Now

The government has been warned that payment-by-results in the youth justice system could have a negative impact on young offenders, after Prime Minister David Cameron announced plans to extend use of the concept.

Medics join effort to tackle serious youth violence

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Monday, October 15, 2012

| CYP Now

Doctors in hospitals across England and Wales are to help tackle serious youth violence as part of a project that teaches gang members how to save their friends' lives if they are shot or stabbed.

Police commissioner candidates asked to sign youth charter

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Friday, October 12, 2012

| CYP Now

Police and crime commissioner (PCC) candidates are being asked to commit to taking young people's views into account by signing a pledge.

Magistrates back court-style hearings to deter young gang members from crime

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Wednesday, September 26, 2012

| CYP Now

Court-style hearings that highlight the consequences of crime to young gang members at risk of offending should be considered across all of England and Wales, a leading magistrate has said.

Call to improve young women's mental health screening in custody

News

Thursday, September 13, 2012

| CYP Now

Young women in police custody are being deprived of support to safeguard their mental health, a report has claimed.

Child custody campaign ends after five years

News

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

| CYP Now

A high-profile campaign to reduce numbers of children in custody is to conclude by the end of the year when its funding finishes, it has been confirmed.

Minister rejects parental responsibility for crimes of under-10s

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Thursday, September 6, 2012

| CYP Now

The government has dismissed a call for parents to be held to account for acts committed by children who are under the age of criminal responsibility.

Popularity of new 'youth conditional caution' called into question

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Thursday, August 16, 2012

| CYP Now

The popularity of a new sanction for low-level youth offending has been called into question after it emerged that a total of just 173 youth conditional cautions have been handed out across three major police forces in a government trial.

Former YJB director made to drop police and crime commissioner bid

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Thursday, August 9, 2012

| CYP Now

A former director of strategy at the Youth Justice Board (YJB) has stepped down as a police and crime commissioner candidate because of a criminal conviction he acquired as a minor.

Response to last summer's riots 'criminalised young people'

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Tuesday, August 7, 2012

| CYP Now

Young people have been condemned to a future without hope as a result of getting a criminal record in connection with last summer's riots, it has been claimed.

Lack of data on schemes to divert children from custody

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Wednesday, August 1, 2012

| CYP Now

The success of efforts to divert young people from the criminal justice system at the point of arrest cannot be gauged due to a lack of data, a government evaluation has found.

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Restraint and self-harm incidents on the rise in youth jails

Plan to axe YJB weakened its influence, says chief

Major young offender resettlement scheme announced for London

Commissioner backs mentors for young offenders

PCCs to join forces with early intervention experts

Lin Hinnigan named as YJB chief executive

Arrests of children and young people drop by a third

Nacro urges preventative work to divert young people from gangs

Death in custody report highlights 'systemic failures'

Government warned against using payment-by-results in youth justice

Medics join effort to tackle serious youth violence

Police commissioner candidates asked to sign youth charter

Magistrates back court-style hearings to deter young gang members from crime

Call to improve young women's mental health screening in custody

Child custody campaign ends after five years

Minister rejects parental responsibility for crimes of under-10s

Popularity of new 'youth conditional caution' called into question

Former YJB director made to drop police and crime commissioner bid

Response to last summer's riots 'criminalised young people'

Lack of data on schemes to divert children from custody

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