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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.

Struggling YOTs face tougher government intervention

News

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

| CYP Now

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

Cameron calls for action to tackle gang culture

News

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

News

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.

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.

Commission finds ‘adult bias' in offender diversion services

News

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).

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.

Hospital youth work scheme set for London-wide expansion

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Wednesday, February 18, 2015

| CYP Now

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.

Post-riot gang plan makes limited progress

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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

| CYP Now

Government strategy to tackle gang violence is yet to yield significant benefits, with only one gang injunction being granted this year

MPs back mandatory sentences for knife possession

News

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

News

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.

Skills for the Job: Engaging young custody leavers

Other

Tuesday, May 26, 2015

| CYP Now

Developing trusted relationships with professionals is key to helping a young person who has been in custody turn away from crime.

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

News

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.

Inquiry to examine police-youth relations

News

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

| CYP Now

MPs and peers have launched an inquiry into the way the police interact with children and young people.

Labour must youth-proof all policies, says former minister

News

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

| CYP Now

A senior Labour politician has called on the party to prioritise youth work and youth engagement ahead of the next general election.

South coast council cuts youth justice entrants

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Thursday, October 17, 2013

| CYP Now

Brighton & Hove City Council has cut by nearly a third the number of young people entering the youth justice system in its area over the past year.

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

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Friday, April 11, 2014

| CYP Now

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.

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

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Monday, September 29, 2014

| CYP Now

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

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

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Thursday, January 9, 2014

| CYP Now

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.

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.

Youth reoffending rate reaches 10-year high

News

Friday, November 1, 2013

| CYP Now

The number of young offenders who go on to commit further crimes has risen to the highest level for more than a decade, latest figures show.

Age of criminal responsibility

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Thursday, January 2, 2020

| CYP Now

The age of criminal responsibility in England and Wales remains one of the lowest in the world after it is raised in Scotland from eight to 12.

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

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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.