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Young people convicted of a knife crime are twice as likely to receive a custodial sentence than they were seven years ago, latest figures have revealed.

One in three young people in custody are in care system

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Friday, October 2, 2015

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More than a third of under-18s in young offender institutions (YOI) are in the care system, it has emerged.

Small changes make big difference in cutting offending by looked-after children, study suggests

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Wednesday, December 7, 2011

| CYP Now

Basic improvements to the way children are dealt with in care could lead to significant reductions in offending by looked-after children, a report has suggested.

Police child lead backs youth involvement for commissioners

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Thursday, May 2, 2013

| CYP Now

A senior police officer has criticised the media's treatment of Paris Brown and called on police and crime commissioners (PCCs) to continue engaging with young people.

Child arrest figures fall to new low

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Sunday, August 6, 2017

| CYP Now

The number of arrests of children in England and Wales have fallen to a new low - with a drop of 13.9 per cent in the space of a year.

Councils told to get more involved in youth justice

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Thursday, July 12, 2012

| CYP Now

Councils must play a more active role in youth justice in order to drive necessary changes to the system, the chair of the Youth Justice Board (YJB) has said.

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

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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.

Cameron warns young rioters face punishment

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Tuesday, August 9, 2011

| CYP Now

Prime Minister David Cameron has issued a warning to those involved in riots since Sunday stating that if they are "old enough to commit these crimes, they are old enough to face the punishment".

Fears for children's safety as youth jails near capacity

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Thursday, August 18, 2011

| CYP Now

The Ministry of Justice has refused to confirm fears that youth jails have reached capacity or outline its contingency plans to deal with the situation amid concerns that children's lives are being put in danger through overcrowding.

MoJ reveals post-riot custody levels

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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

| CYP Now

New figures show numbers of children in custody in the wake of last month's riots peaked on 23 August and have now started to fall.

Self-harm in youth custody on the rise

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Friday, January 29, 2016

| CYP Now

Young people in custody are increasingly likely to harm themselves, latest figures show.

Bid to increase age of criminal responsibility dismissed by government

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Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

Calls by leading children's charities for the age of criminal responsibility to be increased have been rejected by government.

Government minister appointed to lead Youth Justice Board

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Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

Government minister Lord McNally has been appointed as the new chair of the Youth Justice Board, it has been announced.

Andrew Selous appointed youth justice minister

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Friday, July 18, 2014

| CYP Now

Andrew Selous has been confirmed as the minister who will take on responsibility for youth justice.

Ministers ditch plans to class 17-year-olds in custody as 'children'

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Thursday, July 19, 2012

| CYP Now

The government has shelved plans to class all 17-year-olds taken into police custody as children, it has been announced.

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.

Crime prevention initiative set for expansion

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Friday, April 20, 2018

| CYP Now

A pilot programme that works with young offenders as soon as they are taken into police custody in a bid to help divert them from crime and find work is to be expanded.

Services fail young sex offenders, warn inspectors

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Thursday, February 7, 2013

| CYP Now

Children and young people who commit sexual offences are being failed by a lack of timely interventions and appropriate support, a report has warned.

Non-white children more likely to face custody for knife possession

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Thursday, January 28, 2016

| CYP Now

Black, Asian and ethnic minority children are more likely to be sent to custody for knife possession than white children, new figures have shown.

Council budget cuts ‘put services at risk'

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Wednesday, June 26, 2013

| CYP Now

Charities and councils have warned that children's services will be endangered by plans to cut local government budgets by 2.3 per cent between 2014/15 and 2015/16.

London mayor's resettlement scheme suffers further delay

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Thursday, October 3, 2013

| CYP Now

A provider for a major young offender resettlement scheme has yet to be appointed more than a year after the scheduled launch date, CYP Now has learned.

Exploited girls commit crime to escape abusers, report reveals

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Monday, July 9, 2012

| CYP Now

Sexually exploited girls commit crime in order to escape the men who exploit them, but often end up being punished by the authorities rather than helped, a report has found.

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Commissioner backs mentors for young offenders

Majority charged over riots are adults

Custody use for youth knife crime more than doubles

One in three young people in custody are in care system

Small changes make big difference in cutting offending by looked-after children, study suggests

Police child lead backs youth involvement for commissioners

Child arrest figures fall to new low

Councils told to get more involved in youth justice

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

Cameron warns young rioters face punishment

Fears for children's safety as youth jails near capacity

MoJ reveals post-riot custody levels

Self-harm in youth custody on the rise

Bid to increase age of criminal responsibility dismissed by government

Government minister appointed to lead Youth Justice Board

Andrew Selous appointed youth justice minister

Ministers ditch plans to class 17-year-olds in custody as 'children'

Nacro urges preventative work to divert young people from gangs

Crime prevention initiative set for expansion

Services fail young sex offenders, warn inspectors

Non-white children more likely to face custody for knife possession

Council budget cuts ‘put services at risk'

London mayor's resettlement scheme suffers further delay

Exploited girls commit crime to escape abusers, report reveals

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