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‘It’s a no-win scenario, either the police or a gang will get you’ Young People and Organised Crime – Vulnerable or Criminal?

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

| CYP Now

Much of recent media coverage concerning young people has been on issues related to violence and crime, with knife-crime, child sexual exploitation and county lines especially high on the agenda.

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.

Daily roundup: Sex offenders, youth crime ambassador, and gang intervention

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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

| CYP Now

Calls for lower threshold for sex offender orders, decision to appoint £22k youth ambassador criticised, and Iain Duncan-Smith pledges to help gangs project, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: 'Severe hardship' for Scottish families, parenting, and child benefit cuts

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Monday, October 22, 2012

| CYP Now

Thousands of Scottish families face multiple disadvantage, children say they want more time with parents, and a warning over impending child benefit cuts, all in the news today.

Paddick outlines plans for hotel levy to fund youth centres

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Tuesday, April 10, 2012

| CYP Now

Youth hubs funded by banks and a luxury hotel levy should be set up across the capital to offer young people an alternative to gangs, Liberal Democrat London mayoral candidate Brian Paddick has said.

Prison deterrent scheme wins praise

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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

| CYP Now

A project showing children what it is like to be sentenced to custody has a lasting effect on pupils, research has found.

Daily roundup: Trafficking, child benefit and children's homes

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Monday, December 16, 2013

| CYP Now

Proposed anti-slavery legislation to be published; Cameron rejects child benefit cap; and consultation launched on children's homes inspection framework, all in the news today.

Troubled families programme should target siblings of offenders, MPs told

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Tuesday, July 10, 2012

| CYP Now

Involving youth offending services with the government's troubled families agenda could help reduce numbers of young people getting in trouble with the law, MPs have been told.

MPs to probe rise in knife crime in wake of spate of deaths

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Friday, September 15, 2017

| CYP Now

A new cross-party group of MPs and peers has been launched to investigate the rise in knife crime across the UK.

Magistrates back court-style hearings to deter young gang members from crime

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Wednesday, September 26, 2012

| CYP Now

Court-style hearings that highlight the consequences of crime to young gang members at risk of offending should be considered across all of England and Wales, a leading magistrate has said.

Youth justice committee attacks failure to reject custody for behaviour breaches

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Monday, February 18, 2013

| CYP Now

The Standing Committee for Youth Justice (SCYJ) has criticised a cross-party group of MPs for failing to call for an end to custodial sentences for young people who breach antisocial behaviour orders.

MPs back mandatory sentences for knife possession

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Wednesday, June 18, 2014

| CYP Now

Plans for over-16s to face mandatory custodial sentences if they are convicted of a knife offence for a second time have been backed by MPs.

Riots reinforce need for early intervention, says Allen

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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

| CYP Now

The MP who led a review on early intervention has called for the government to hold its nerve in pursuing long-term societal change in the wake of riots across England.

YJB considers police presence at troubled Feltham YOI

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Wednesday, January 14, 2015

| CYP Now

The Youth Justice Board (YJB) is considering placing police officers in Feltham Young Offenders Institution (YOI) in an effort to tackle high levels of gang violence.

Children held on remand are to be classed as 'looked-after' by councils

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Tuesday, June 21, 2011

| CYP Now

All young people remanded in custody will have to be recognised as looked-after children by local authorities, under plans to reduce reoffending and shake up the justice system.

Campaigners urge Labour to make age of criminal responsibility central to justice policy

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Wednesday, January 11, 2012

| CYP Now

Raising the age of criminal responsibility and focusing more on early intervention at a local level should form the basis of Labour's new criminal justice policy, according to a campaign group.

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.

Daily roundup: Junk food advertising, police youth ambassador salary and Universal Credit trial

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Monday, April 29, 2013

| CYP Now

Call for crackdown on online marketing of junk food; salary of £25,000 proposed for police youth ambassador, and new welfare system starts, all in the news today.

Gang databases result in 'stop and search by association'

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Thursday, May 2, 2013

| CYP Now

Police databases of gang members are contributing to young people being stopped and searched based on who they hang out with and the colour of their skin, an academic has found.

Policing priorities for children revealed

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Monday, May 13, 2013

| CYP Now

In her first interview as police lead for children and young people, Jacqui Cheer outlines her new youth strategy.

Inquiry to examine police-youth relations

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Wednesday, July 17, 2013

| CYP Now

MPs and peers have launched an inquiry into the way the police interact with children and young people.

Labour must youth-proof all policies, says former minister

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Tuesday, September 24, 2013

| CYP Now

A senior Labour politician has called on the party to prioritise youth work and youth engagement ahead of the next general election.

South coast council cuts youth justice entrants

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Thursday, October 17, 2013

| CYP Now

Brighton & Hove City Council has cut by nearly a third the number of young people entering the youth justice system in its area over the past year.

Daily roundup: New role for ADCS president; support for young carers, and children's services in Salford

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Wednesday, February 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Debbie Jones appointed regional director for Ofsted, a call for more support for young carers, and Salford children's services department improves, all in the news today.