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Funding limitations will hamper restorative justice goal

Thursday, May 19, 2011

| CYP Now

Expansion of restorative justice projects will be limited because of a shortage of funds, the chair of the Independent Commission on Youth Crime and Antisocial Behaviour has warned.

YOTs receive recommendations for improvement

News

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

| CYP Now

Four sets of inspection results of youth offending teams have been published, giving a mixed picture of progress being made in local areas.

Proportion of ethnic minority children in custody rises

News

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

| CYP Now

The proportion of black and minority ethnic (BME) children in custody is increasing despite an overall fall in custody levels, CYP Now has learned.

'County lines' child trafficker convicted in landmark case

News

Friday, October 5, 2018

| CYP Now

A drug dealer has been jailed for 14 years in the first successful prosecution under legislation to tackle "county lines" crime, in which gangs exploit vulnerable children to establish drug networks.

Number of first-time young offenders fell by a quarter in 2012

News

Friday, May 31, 2013

| CYP Now

The number of young people getting into trouble with the law for the first time is continuing to plummet, latest figures show.

Met Police criticised over inconsistent use of stop and search

News

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.

Social enterprise to create jobs for young offenders

News

Monday, November 4, 2013

| CYP Now

Young offenders will be able to get a job through a new social enterprise initiative launched by a local authority youth offending team (YOT).

Government unveils plans to send young people to adult jails

News

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

| CYP Now

Young offender institutions (YOI) for 18- to 20-year-olds would be scrapped and young people sent to adult jails instead, under controversial plans being considered by government.

Cutting care home offending needs greater focus, says DfE

News

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.

Popularity of new 'youth conditional caution' called into question

News

Thursday, August 16, 2012

| CYP Now

The popularity of a new sanction for low-level youth offending has been called into question after it emerged that a total of just 173 youth conditional cautions have been handed out across three major police forces in a government trial.

Youth offending teams lose more than 800 posts

News

Thursday, September 20, 2012

| CYP Now

More than 800 youth offending team posts were lost in the space of a year as funding cuts hit local authority budgets, it has emerged.

Police commissioner candidates asked to sign youth charter

News

Friday, October 12, 2012

| CYP Now

Police and crime commissioner (PCC) candidates are being asked to commit to taking young people's views into account by signing a pledge.

Inspectors blame council failings for unsafe placement of young offenders

News

Thursday, December 14, 2017

| CYP Now

Council failures are to blame for the placement of one in three homeless young offenders in unsuitable and unsafe accommodation across England and Wales, according to probation inspectors.

Warwickshire youth offending work praised by inspectors

News

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

| CYP Now

Warwickshire's youth offending service has be given a glowing report by inspectors in the first check carried out under the new inspections framework for the sector.

Plan to axe YJB weakened its influence, says chief

News

Monday, January 28, 2013

| CYP Now

Government attempts to scrap the Youth Justice Board (YJB) resulted in it losing its authority, the chief executive of the organisation has conceded.

Number of first-time young offenders falls by a fifth

News

Friday, February 1, 2013

| CYP Now

The number of young people entering the criminal justice system for the first time has dropped by 20 per cent, according to the latest official figures.

YOTs told to make case for mental health investment

News

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

| CYP Now

Youth offending teams must work closely with new health and wellbeing boards to drive down high numbers of vulnerable young people with mental health needs in the justice system, a charity has said.

Academies set to run secure colleges

News

Thursday, February 14, 2013

| CYP Now

Academies and free schools are being lined up to run new secure colleges under radical plans to shake up the youth custody system in England and Wales, the government has announced.

Brinsford YOI slammed for 'squalid' conditions

News

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

| CYP Now

Campaigners are demanding the closure of a young offender institution near Wolverhampton after conditions were labelled as the worst seen by inspectors.

Probation services criticised over child protection flaws

News

Thursday, August 14, 2014

| CYP Now

Probation staff are poorly trained in child protection and lack a clear understanding of what to do if children are potentially at risk, a damning report has concluded.

Quality of Croydon YOT assessments 'often insufficient', say inspectors

News

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

| CYP Now

More must be done to improve the quality of work at a London youth offending team (YOT) affected by the riots, inspectors have said.

Blair's 'respect tsar' takes on riots role

News

Thursday, September 8, 2011

| CYP Now

Tony Blair's former respect agenda tsar Louise Casey has been drafted in by Prime Minister David Cameron to work on the response to last month's riots.

Hospital youth work scheme set for London-wide expansion

News

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.

Gove orders review of youth justice system

News

Friday, September 11, 2015

| CYP Now

A former government adviser on school behaviour will head a review of the youth justice system, Justice Secretary Michael Gove has announced.

Children's services chiefs hit out at youth justice cuts

News

Thursday, September 17, 2015

| CYP Now

Plans to make emergency in-year cuts of £13.5m to youth justice work have been blasted by children's services chiefs and youth justice managers.

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Funding limitations will hamper restorative justice goal

YOTs receive recommendations for improvement

Proportion of ethnic minority children in custody rises

'County lines' child trafficker convicted in landmark case

Number of first-time young offenders fell by a quarter in 2012

Met Police criticised over inconsistent use of stop and search

Social enterprise to create jobs for young offenders

Government unveils plans to send young people to adult jails

Cutting care home offending needs greater focus, says DfE

Popularity of new 'youth conditional caution' called into question

Youth offending teams lose more than 800 posts

Police commissioner candidates asked to sign youth charter

Inspectors blame council failings for unsafe placement of young offenders

Warwickshire youth offending work praised by inspectors

Plan to axe YJB weakened its influence, says chief

Number of first-time young offenders falls by a fifth

YOTs told to make case for mental health investment

Academies set to run secure colleges

Brinsford YOI slammed for 'squalid' conditions

Probation services criticised over child protection flaws

Quality of Croydon YOT assessments 'often insufficient', say inspectors

Blair's 'respect tsar' takes on riots role

Hospital youth work scheme set for London-wide expansion

Gove orders review of youth justice system

Children's services chiefs hit out at youth justice cuts

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