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Policing young adult offenders: PCCs develop innovative practice

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

| CYP Now

A growing number of police and crime commissioners are recognising the crucial role they can play in bringing together local criminal justice agencies to reduce youth crime by better co-ordination of effective interventions.

Extending youth justice beyond age 18 is a no-brainer

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Tuesday, February 17, 2015

| CYP Now

The number of young people in the youth justice system has fallen dramatically. When I departed the Youth Justice Board (YJB) in 2008, the numbers in youth custody had just peaked at over 3,000. Today, they have dropped to below 1,000, with corresponding closures of young offender institutions, secure training centres and local authority secure children's homes.