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Legal Update - In a nutshell: The work of youth ?offending teams

Monday, August 20, 2012

| CYP Now

A range of professionals make up youth offending teams, tasked with preventing youth offending and reducing imprisonment

Home Office study reveals public support for less punitive stance on youth crime

News

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

| CYP Now

Members of the public do not want to see under-18s criminalised for low-level crime, despite being concerned about a "lack of discipline" among young people.

New restraint system criticised by children's rights campaigners

News

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

| CYP Now

Campaign groups have criticised a new system of restraint being adopted in youth custody settings because it continues to allow techniques that involve inflicting pain on young people.

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

News

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.

Children's commissioner slams town centre ban for children

News

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

| CYP Now

The children's commissioner for Wales Keith Towler has criticised the introduction of a curfew that bans children and young people from a town centre.

Fears over police powers to 'swipe' children's phones

News

Friday, May 18, 2012

| CYP Now

Privacy campaigners have raised concerns for children's rights after it emerged police in London are to be equipped with technology to take information from mobile phones.

Legal aid and sentencing bill receives Royal Assent

News

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).

Secure training centre inspections

Other

Monday, April 30, 2012

| CYP Now

Will the proposed new joint inspection system better promote the rights of young offenders, asks Kirsten Anderson, legal research and policy manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre

Law change call for young defendants with communication problems

News

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

| CYP Now

Young defendants with speech and language needs should have the same rights to an intermediary to help them communicate in court as witnesses currently do, a coalition of voluntary organisations has said.

Autistic teenager wins damages following police assault

News

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

| CYP Now

A teenage boy with autism has been awarded 28,250 in damages by a High Court judge after police officers were ruled to have assaulted and falsely imprisoned him while on a school trip to a swimming pool.

Use of force 'extremely high' at Ashfield YOI

News

Thursday, February 16, 2012

| CYP Now

Use of restraint at a young offender institution (YOI) in Bristol increased nearly nine-fold in the space of just a year, inspectors have found.

Call for witness protection review after teenager's identity revealed

News

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

| CYP Now

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is being called on to review the way it deals with vulnerable young people after the personal details of a teenage witness were inadvertently given to gang members.

Government under no obligation to trace restraint victims, judge rules

News

Thursday, January 12, 2012

| CYP Now

The government will not be ordered to trace children who could be entitled to compensation for being unlawfully restrained in secure training centres (STCs), a judge has ruled.

If children in care offend, should we lock them up?

Opinion

Monday, December 12, 2011

| CYP Now

As an education director, I rarely considered individual children, instead dealing with them statistically.

YJB to issue National Insurance advice to young offenders

News

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

| CYP Now

Young people leaving custody are to receive help obtaining a National Insurance (NI) number following concerns raised by a prison reform group.

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

News

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.

Government falls short on children's rights, claims charity

News

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

| CYP Now

The government has failed to act on the majority of the UN's recommendations to improve children's rights in England, according to the latest Children Rights Alliance for England (Crae) report.

Peers urged to block mandatory knife crime sentences

News

Monday, November 21, 2011

| CYP Now

A coalition of youth justice organisations has called on the House of Lords to block government attempts to introduce controversial mandatory sentences for children convicted of knife crime.

YOIs fail to provide young offenders with legal services, Blunt concedes

News

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

| CYP Now

Young offender institutions (YOIs) are not meeting a duty to provide legal services officers who can give advice on a range of issues including potential appeals, youth justice minister Crispin Blunt has admitted.

Young offenders and victims of crime hit by legal aid cuts

News

Friday, November 4, 2011

| CYP Now

Cuts to civil legal aid will fuel youth crime and leave young victims of crime unprotected, a group of leading charities has warned.

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Legal Update - In a nutshell: The work of youth ?offending teams

Home Office study reveals public support for less punitive stance on youth crime

New restraint system criticised by children's rights campaigners

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

Children's commissioner slams town centre ban for children

Fears over police powers to 'swipe' children's phones

Legal aid and sentencing bill receives Royal Assent

Secure training centre inspections

Law change call for young defendants with communication problems

Autistic teenager wins damages following police assault

Use of force 'extremely high' at Ashfield YOI

Call for witness protection review after teenager's identity revealed

Government under no obligation to trace restraint victims, judge rules

If children in care offend, should we lock them up?

YJB to issue National Insurance advice to young offenders

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

Government falls short on children's rights, claims charity

Peers urged to block mandatory knife crime sentences

YOIs fail to provide young offenders with legal services, Blunt concedes

Young offenders and victims of crime hit by legal aid cuts

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