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Call to keep teenage girls out of custody

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  • Wednesday, March 7, 2012
  • | CYP Now
Teenage girls are committing less crime, with a big fall in violent offences, but are ending up in custody over "minor misdemeanours" a parliamentary inquiry has found.

YJB faces further budget cuts

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  • Tuesday, March 6, 2012
  • | CYP Now
The Youth Justice Board (YJB) is facing a 10 per cent cut to funding after it emerged the organisation will receive 365m from central government for the coming financial year.

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.