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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

News

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.

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.

Legal Update: Rights of 17-year-olds in custody

Other

Monday, May 13, 2013

| CYP Now

A recent case has ruled that 17-year-olds be treated as children when arrested and held in police custody, says Kirsten Anderson, legal research and policy manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre.

Daily roundup: Library closures, free childcare, and DNA swabs

Other

Monday, September 23, 2013

| CYP Now

Children's laureate criticises government failure to stop library closures; Labour outlines free childcare plans; and Welsh police have taken the DNA of 5,000 children, all in the news today.

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.

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

News

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).

Senior police officer questions age of criminal responsibility

News

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.