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Strange alliance opposes justice reforms

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, June 23, 2009
  • | CYP Now
Ever since the overarching Youth Rehabilitation Order (YRO) was mooted as the replacement for the complex array of community sentences currently available for young offenders, I have sounded a note of caution. When the Scaled Approach was announced, I immediately started suggesting, in academic lectures on youth justice, that there was an historical precedent that highlighted the need for care in its development.

The joys of sex should be explained

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, June 30, 2009
  • | CYP Now
Earlier this year, the government confirmed its intention to make sex education compulsory in schools as part of the introduction of personal, social and health education to the National Curriculum.

The old rules still apply in the online world

    Opinion
  • Thursday, July 2, 2009
  • | CYP Now
Like many youth workers, I use online social networks. A while back I took the decision to use these networks as a "work profile", that is, to treat any interactions that occur online as part of my job.

Break the cycle of neglect and reoffending

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, November 13, 2007
  • | CYP Now
Media portrayals of "hoodies" and concerns that antisocial behaviour orders are seen as badges of honour have strengthened the perception that young people and crime are inextricably linked.