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A moving parting gift from young offenders

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, October 21, 2008
  • | CYP Now
As my board membership of the Youth Justice Board (YJB) was coming to an end last month, I paid a final visit to Her Majesty's Young Offender Institution Parc, near Bridgend.

How the prison system can fail young people

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, September 16, 2008
  • | CYP Now
Sometimes you strike up a special relationship with a young person surprisingly fast. It is almost impossible to unravel the chemistry of such moments but you don't have to work at it in the same way as you do to develop more routine youth work relationships.

Editorial: Mentors give hope to young people in custody

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, September 16, 2008
  • | CYP Now
Among the myriad challenges of transforming young lives, rehabilitation of young offenders will always be among the toughest. The number of 16- to 25-year-olds behind bars has soared by one-third in the past decade while the majority go on to reoffend, reflecting the enormity of the task.

A new approach to tackling knife crime

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, July 30, 2008
  • | CYP Now
"It's what you do. It's what your friends do, isn't it?" Jay is 16, has been involved in gang culture and is one of the many young people who feel it is necessary to carry a weapon for protection.

Youth crime demands a mature approach

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, July 15, 2008
  • | CYP Now
The Youth Crime Action Plan was being drafted frantically as CYP Now went to press. This keenly anticipated document is the most high-profile piece of children's policy this year.

Help young people learn the right three Rs

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, July 1, 2008
  • | CYP Now
There are always attempts at slick alliteration in the policy field, such as the four Ps that inform The Children's Plan. And there are plenty of alternatives to the traditional three Rs. Two sets are currently pertinent: the Responsibility, Restoration and Re-integration that has framed youth justice over the past decade; and the Respect, Revenge and Revenue that are sometimes used to explain the rise of gang culture and the use of knives and guns. They are not quite mirror images but they are, arguably, close.

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