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Tackling youth violence: policy context

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  • Tuesday, October 26, 2021
    • | CYP Now
A survey of local directors of public health by the Office of the Children’s Commissioner (OCC) for England assessed local responses to youth violence and gangs.

Age of criminal responsibility

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  • Thursday, January 2, 2020
    • | CYP Now
The age of criminal responsibility in England and Wales remains one of the lowest in the world after it is raised in Scotland from eight to 12.

Be cautious of the public health approach

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  • Tuesday, October 29, 2019
    • | CYP Now
Historically, Scotland has stood out as having high levels of violence embedded in its communities, cultures of behaviour and gangs - whether they were regional youth or serious organised crime gangs.

Infringing child rights with stop and search to be ended

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  • Monday, September 28, 2015
    • | CYP Now
The Scottish government has announced that all non-statutory - or "consensual" - stop and search by police officers in Scotland is to end, which I strongly welcome. Non-statutory searches, as the name suggests, have no basis in Scots law. They rely on people voluntarily consenting to a search by a police officer. There is no requirement for an officer to have a reasonable suspicion that a crime has been committed, nor for the officer to justify the reason for carrying out the search. These searches infringe children's and young people's rights. The inherent power imbalance between a police officer and a child or young person makes it unlikely that the tactic could ever truly be called "consensual".

Bringing early help to policing

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  • Tuesday, August 18, 2015
    • | CYP Now
An Early Intervention Foundation initiative will help police leaders develop ways to tackle offending earlier, says Donna Molloy, director of implementation at the Early Intervention Foundation.

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