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Strange alliance opposes justice reforms

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.

YJB faces High Court challenge over secure home contracts

News

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

| CYP Now

The Howard League for Penal Reform is challenging the Youth Justice Board in the High Court over its decision not to renew contracts with four secure children's homes.

Government pledges to improve rehousing for young offenders

Other

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

| CYP Now

The government is to place fresh emphasis on improving resettlement of young offenders after the issue was raised as part of a consultation on the Youth Crime Action Plan (YCAP), CYP Now can reveal.

Young take control in mock courtroom

Other

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

| CYP Now

The tables are to be turned on the authorities in Camden when young people become the judges in a mock courtroom.

YJB computer theft could put children at risk

News

Thursday, July 9, 2009

| CYP Now

Laptop computers and discs potentially containing personal information on children have been stolen during a break-in at a Youth Justice Board (YJB) building.

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.

Youth Crime Action Plan update pledges more family intervention

News

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

| CYP Now

The government has called on local authorities to crack down on out-of-control families to prevent their children getting involved in crime.

Rise in children placed in secure homes

News

Friday, July 24, 2009

| CYP Now

New figures show numbers of children held in secure children's homes has increased despite a Youth Justice Board (YJB) decision not to renew four contracts.

Twenty YOTs yet to sign up for youth justice database

News

Thursday, June 4, 2009

| CYP Now

A total of 20 youth offending teams (YOTs) are yet to sign up to use a controversial new data system, it has emerged.

Poetry unlocks the minds of prisoners

Opinion

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

| CYP Now

Twice in the space of a week I was in Parc Prison in south Wales. The visits were at either end of a week of poetry, lectures and debate, developed and organised through an impressive and creative tie-up between the real Hay Festival in Hay-on-Wye and the prison in Bridgend.

Youth Justice Board cuts budget for youth offending teams

News

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

| CYP Now

Youth Justice Board (YJB) spending on programmes aimed at reducing reoffending has been cut for the first time in nearly a decade.

Police chiefs want more officers in schools

News

Thursday, January 24, 2008

| CYP Now

The body that represents police force heads has called for a scheme that places officers in schools to be extended.

Police issued with advice packs in battle to prevent youth crime

Other

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

| CYP Now

Police officers are to be encouraged to embrace the Every Child Matters agenda as part of a national strategy to stop youth crime.

Tories might cut commissioner

Other

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

| CYP Now

Shadow children's minister Tim Loughton has branded Maggie Atkinson's appointment as England's children's commissioner a "farce" and indicated the Conservatives could scrap the role if they gain power.

Analysis: Youth justice - Youth prisons no place for children

Other

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

| CYP Now

As the Youth Justice Board prepares to welcome its new chair this week, two former YJB figures, Jon Fayle and Rob Allen, outline their case for the transformation of the youth custody regime to meet the welfare needs of young offenders.

Evolution

Other

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

| CYP Now

Evolution, run by Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service in partnership with youth offending services, uses cognitive behavioural therapy techniques to help 13- to 18-year-olds already known to the youth justice system.

Police use Facebook page to combat antisocial behaviour

News

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

| CYP Now

South Yorkshire Police has launched a campaign on Facebook to tackle antisocial behaviour over the bonfire night period in the Barnsley area.

News Insight: The children's policy reviews at a glance

Other

Monday, September 13, 2010

| CYP Now

The coalition has launched a flurry of reviews on children and young people's policy. Janaki Mahadevan looks at their scope, timing and the figureheads behind each of them.

Majority of public don't want children detained for crime

News

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

| CYP Now

Close to two-thirds of the public do not want to see children locked up behind bars until at least the age of 12, a poll commissioned by a prison campaign group has found.