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Youth justice roundup

Thursday, October 31, 2013

| CYP Now

Police use of tasers on children rising, application launched to combat "sexting", and Ministry of Justice commits to maintaining family relationships of female inmates, all in the news in the past seven days.

Number of first-time young offenders fell by a quarter in 2012

News

Friday, May 31, 2013

| CYP Now

The number of young people getting into trouble with the law for the first time is continuing to plummet, latest figures show.

Boris Johnson bids for control of youth justice

News

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

| CYP Now

London mayor Boris Johnson has outlined plans to lobby government to give him more control of youth justice policy in the capital.

Consultation: Transforming Youth Custody: Putting education at the heart of detention

Other

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

| CYP Now

Young offender assessment system given green light

News

Monday, March 4, 2013

| CYP Now

A new assessment system for young offenders will drive down reoffending rates and reduce the use of remands to custody, the Youth Justice Board has said.

Daily roundup: Child sexual exploitation; speech and language needs, and UKBA

Other

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

| CYP Now

Head teachers branded too "hesitant" to tackle child sexual exploitation; a report into communication needs and social disadvantage, and UKBA backtracks on restraint guidelines for pregnant women, all in the news today.

Services fail young sex offenders, warn inspectors

News

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.

Number of first-time young offenders falls by a fifth

News

Friday, February 1, 2013

| CYP Now

The number of young people entering the criminal justice system for the first time has dropped by 20 per cent, according to the latest official figures.

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

News

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

News

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

News

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

News

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.

Nacro urges preventative work to divert young people from gangs

News

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'

News

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.

Former YJB director made to drop police and crime commissioner bid

News

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.

Major study finds relationship between youth crime and morality

News

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

| CYP Now

Young people who commit little or no crime display greater self-control and possess personal morals that fit well with the law, a major study by academics at Cambridge University has found.

Birmingham to use Home Office gangs fund to work with girls

News

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

| CYP Now

Help for young women on the cusp of gang activity will form a central plank of government-funded work in Birmingham to tackle gang and youth violence, it has been announced.

Youth custody levels reach new low

News

Monday, May 14, 2012

| CYP Now

The number of under-18s in custody has fallen to the lowest level since the Youth Justice Board began collecting records, latest statistics have shown.

Legal aid and sentencing bill receives Royal Assent

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Tuesday, May 1, 2012

| CYP Now

Landmark changes to the youth justice system are set to come into effect over the next year after the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders (Laspo) Bill received Royal Assent today (1 May).