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The beautiful game has started to turn ugly

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, January 15, 2008
    • | CYP Now
In one of the first discussions on youthful antisocial behaviour during the 1990s, I noted in a speech that most of the lads' magazines tended to be preoccupied with half-naked women and bad-boy footballers.

Alternatives to custody need to be found

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, December 11, 2007
    • | CYP Now
In April this year, the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice adopted the resolution that national action plans should be formed to reduce the imprisonment of juveniles.

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.

Let's be clear about deaths in custody

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, October 9, 2007
    • | CYP Now
Don't let the facts get in the way of a good story. The other week, on the radio during primetime news, I listened to one of the most disingenuous debates I have ever heard that confirmed this mantra to a tee. Regrettably, it concerned the sensitive and emotive topic of deaths in custody.

Editorial: Youth taskforce is a better way to get respect

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, October 9, 2007
    • | CYP Now
Amid the media maelstrom surrounding the snap general election that now isn't to be, the government last Friday slipped out an announcement that the Respect Taskforce and accompanying Respect Action Plan has been disbanded (see p6).

We need a community approach to custody

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, October 2, 2007
    • | CYP Now
The recent pressure on the "juvenile secure estate" - the young offender institutions, secure training centres and secure children's homes where remanded and convicted young people are sent - should have concentrated many minds.

Prevention, not detention, must come first

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, September 11, 2007
    • | CYP Now
Children's Secretary Ed Balls last week told CYP Now that he wants to "strengthen the role the youth justice system can play in preventing youth crime." His words were welcome. But they need to be backed up with action.

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