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Information sharing between police forces ‘crucial’ to tackling child exploitation

Thursday, October 29, 2020

Barriers to information sharing between police forces and access to funding must be broken down to tackle child criminal exploitation (CCE), say police chiefs behind a new project aimed at addressing the problem.

Plans to reform child sentences

Analysis

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Proposals for tougher community and custody sentences in white paper concern youth justice experts.

Twenty years of youth offending teams

Features

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

This year, youth offending teams (YOTs) turned 20. Here, current and former YOT managers reflect on developments over the 20 years, while the YJB chair considers the challenges that lie ahead.

Getting the lowdown on fast-track training schemes

Features

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Recent years have seen a proliferation of fast-track and graduate training schemes designed to boost the children and young people’s workforce. Joe Lepper explores what these programmes have to offer.

#Chances4Children: Leeds YJS offers lockdown challenge with added qualification

News

Friday, October 23, 2020

Young offenders in Leeds have benefitted from a creative lockdown initiative which allowed them to gain a new qualification.

Youth work training scheme 'improved YOI staff's relationships with young people'

News

Friday, October 23, 2020

A pilot programme training prison officers in youth work skills has been hailed as a “great success” in improving relationships between young people and staff at Feltham Young Offenders Institution (YOI).

Campaigners call for end to use of children as ‘police spies’

News

Thursday, October 15, 2020

Child victims of gangs and sexual abuse continue to be put at further risk of harm by being used as "police spies" despite Home Office action to curb the tactic, a charity has warned.

Secure school 'to prioritise therapeutic support' for young offenders

News

Monday, October 12, 2020

A new secure school will prioritise therapeutic support for young offenders, the charity tasked with running the establishment has vowed.

Home Office proposals could make stop and search of children easier

News

Friday, October 9, 2020

The Home Office is consulting over whether plans for a new stop and search order for use against known knife crime offenders should apply to children.