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Inspectorates to assess alcohol role in girl offending

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.

Call for youth workers to tackle gang mental health problems

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Wednesday, October 15, 2014

| CYP Now

Youth workers should receive basic mental health training as part of a shake-up of services in order to support young people in gangs, MPs have been told.

Inspectorates slam youth offending agencies for resettlement failings

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Friday, March 13, 2015

| CYP Now

Probation, education and health inspectors have criticised poor-quality support for young offenders when released from custody.

Cameron calls for action to tackle gang culture

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Thursday, August 11, 2011

| CYP Now

Prime Minister David Cameron has called for action against those involved in gangs and greater discipline in schools in the wake of riots throughout England.

Peers defeat 'annoyance' injunction proposals

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Friday, January 10, 2014

| CYP Now

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

Commission finds ‘adult bias' in offender diversion services

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Wednesday, June 11, 2014

| CYP Now

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.

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).

No evidence of Home Office abuse cover up, inquiry finds

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Tuesday, November 11, 2014

| CYP Now

A review led by NSPCC chief executive Peter Wanless has found no evidence that Home Office officials covered up allegations of child sexual abuse over a 20-year period.

Senior police officer questions age of criminal responsibility

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Thursday, May 19, 2011

| CYP Now

One of the country's most senior police officers has suggested the age of criminal responsibility should be treated with more flexibility and greater weight be placed on the maturity of young offenders.

Campaigners call for more cash and beds after ban on mental health cell use

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Friday, December 19, 2014

| CYP Now

Children's mental health campaigners have welcomed plans to outlaw the detention of young people in police cells under the Mental Health Act but warn more funding is needed to ensure they have access to alternative places of safety.

Met Police criticised over inconsistent use of stop and search

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Wednesday, September 4, 2013

| CYP Now

The London Assembly has criticised Metropolitan Police Service for its inconsistent approach to cutting the use of stop and search.

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.

MPs call for ban on cell use for children in mental health crisis

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Friday, February 6, 2015

| CYP Now

MPs are calling on health commissioners and ministers to take urgent action to halt the detention of young people in police cells under the Mental Health Act.

Police 'mistreated' children during student protests in Brighton

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Friday, April 8, 2011

| CYP Now

Police used disproportionate and unjustified violence against children during protests against tuition fee rises, a report has found.

Government advises against cell use for children with mental health problems

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Tuesday, February 25, 2014

| CYP Now

The government has issued updated advice on crisis mental health care that states police cells should never be used to hold children and young people.

MPs back mandatory sentences for knife possession

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Wednesday, June 18, 2014

| CYP Now

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.

YJB considers police presence at troubled Feltham YOI

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Wednesday, January 14, 2015

| CYP Now

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.

Clarke poised to reject calls for mandatory sentences for under-18s carrying knives

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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

| CYP Now

Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke has told a group of MPs he is likely to oppose calls to introduce mandatory sentences for children caught carrying knives.

50,000 children locked up by police

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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

| CYP Now

More than 50,000 children under the age of 16 were held in police cells in 2008 and 2009 it has emerged.

Children held on remand are to be classed as 'looked-after' by councils

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Tuesday, June 21, 2011

| CYP Now

All young people remanded in custody will have to be recognised as looked-after children by local authorities, under plans to reduce reoffending and shake up the justice system.

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Inspectorates to assess alcohol role in girl offending

Call for youth workers to tackle gang mental health problems

Inspectorates slam youth offending agencies for resettlement failings

Cameron calls for action to tackle gang culture

Peers defeat 'annoyance' injunction proposals

Commission finds ‘adult bias' in offender diversion services

Legal aid and sentencing bill receives Royal Assent

No evidence of Home Office abuse cover up, inquiry finds

Senior police officer questions age of criminal responsibility

Campaigners call for more cash and beds after ban on mental health cell use

Met Police criticised over inconsistent use of stop and search

Cutting care home offending needs greater focus, says DfE

MPs call for ban on cell use for children in mental health crisis

Police 'mistreated' children during student protests in Brighton

Government advises against cell use for children with mental health problems

MPs back mandatory sentences for knife possession

YJB considers police presence at troubled Feltham YOI

Clarke poised to reject calls for mandatory sentences for under-18s carrying knives

50,000 children locked up by police

Children held on remand are to be classed as 'looked-after' by councils

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