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An award-winning service that places specialist youth workers in hospital emergency departments in an effort to tackle gang violence is to be expanded across London.

YJB considers police presence at troubled Feltham YOI

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Wednesday, January 14, 2015

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The Youth Justice Board (YJB) is considering placing police officers in Feltham Young Offenders Institution (YOI) in an effort to tackle high levels of gang violence.

Legal Update: In a nutshell - Launch of new protocol on handling stalking

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Monday, September 29, 2014

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The Crown Prosecution Service and police have introduced a new protocol on the appropriate handling of stalking offences.

'Jail for a day' might just work to deter youth crime

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Monday, July 21, 2014

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Howard Willaimson says very short custodial sentences could potentially reduce reoffending.

MPs back mandatory sentences for knife possession

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Wednesday, June 18, 2014

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Plans for over-16s to face mandatory custodial sentences if they are convicted of a knife offence for a second time have been backed by MPs.

Commission finds ‘adult bias' in offender diversion services

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Wednesday, June 11, 2014

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A panel of criminal justice and mental health experts has called for greater scrutiny into how liaison and diversion services for young people are being implemented across England.

Custody spending to be slashed by Youth Justice Board

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Thursday, May 22, 2014

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The Youth Justice Board (YJB) is to slash funding for youth custody by £56m this year but has pledged to protect community and youth offending team (YOT) budgets.

Daily roundup: School safeguarding, children's services and child injuries

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Friday, April 11, 2014

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Gove highlights FGM risk in letter to school head teachers; Coventry councillors work together to improve children's services; and Nottinghamshire councils develop plan to cut child injuries, all in the news today.

Magistrates to oversee community supervision of young offenders

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Wednesday, March 26, 2014

| CYP Now

Magistrates are to be handed new powers to manage the rehabilitation of young offenders.

YJB toolkit aims to cut youth reoffending rates

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Wednesday, March 26, 2014

| CYP Now

A new resource that helps youth offending teams (YOTs) analyse in depth offenders' behaviour in an attempt to prevent further offences being committed is to be launched next week.

Peers defeat 'annoyance' injunction proposals

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Friday, January 10, 2014

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The House of Lords has blocked government proposals that could have seen injunctions served against children as young as 10 for playing noisily outdoors.

Media portrayal of out-of-area care placements ‘unhelpful'

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Thursday, January 9, 2014

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There is an "unhelpful" misperception among the media and public about the nature of out-of-authority placements for looked-after children, council care managers have said.

Cutting care home offending needs greater focus, says DfE

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Wednesday, December 4, 2013

| CYP Now

Local authorities and other agencies need to work more closely together to reduce offending of children and young people living in care homes, a government review has concluded.

Struggling YOTs face tougher government intervention

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Wednesday, November 27, 2013

| CYP Now

Failing youth offending teams (YOTs) will face intervention measures under plans announced by a government minister.

Councils ‘turn around' one in three troubled families

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Monday, November 25, 2013

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Local authorities in England have "turned around" the lives of more than one in three struggling families they have been working intensively with as part of the government's Troubled Families programme.

Inspectorates to assess alcohol role in girl offending

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Wednesday, November 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Criminal justice inspectorates in England and Wales are to carry out an investigation into the effectiveness of services that work with girl offenders.