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Quarter of a million children arrested each year

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  • Wednesday, May 11, 2011
  • | CYP Now
The Howard League for Penal Reform has called for restorative justice to replace "needless" arrests after obtaining figures that reveal a quarter of a million children are arrested each year.

Knife crime soars in the capital

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  • Thursday, November 17, 2011
  • | CYP Now
Knife crime in London has risen year-on-year by more than 15 per cent, the Metropolitan Police Service has confirmed.

Loughton fears backlash over youth PCC furore

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  • Monday, April 8, 2013
  • | CYP Now
Former children's minister Tim Loughton has called on police and crime commissioners to stick to plans to recruit young people in the wake of a media storm around the first youth police commissioner.

Professionals feel ‘powerless' when faced with neglect

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  • Wednesday, February 6, 2013
  • | CYP Now
Nine out of ten teachers, police officers and social workers are regularly coming into contact with children they suspect to be suffering from neglect, but up to 40 per cent feel powerless to intervene, a report has warned.

Knife-point robberies up 10 per cent

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  • Thursday, January 19, 2012
  • | CYP Now
Latest figures show that knife-point robberies have increased by 10 per cent in England and Wales, just days before a bill proposing mandatory sentences for teenagers involved with knife crime is due to be debated by Lords.