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Youth offending teams (YOT) and secure estate providers have asked the Youth Justice Board (YJB) to support improvements in the way interventions with young people are measured.

Small changes make big difference in cutting offending by looked-after children, study suggests

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Wednesday, December 7, 2011

| CYP Now

Basic improvements to the way children are dealt with in care could lead to significant reductions in offending by looked-after children, a report has suggested.

Reduction in YOT requirements gets green light

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Friday, December 2, 2011

| CYP Now

Plans to reduce requirements on youth offending teams (YOTs) across England and Wales are to go ahead despite four pilot projects for the initiative being shelved, CYP Now has learned.

Plans for specialist YOI units 'nonsensical', claims Howard League

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Wednesday, November 30, 2011

| CYP Now

A prison reform group has hit out at proposals to develop small, specialist units in young offender institutions (YOIs), labelling the idea "nonsensical".

Young offenders reap benefits of speech therapy

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Wednesday, November 30, 2011

| CYP Now

Research carried out by a youth offending team (YOT) in London has revealed the benefits of speech and language therapy for young offenders.

Call for clampdown on 'needless' arrests of girls

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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

| CYP Now

A prison campaign group has called for police to deal with more girls informally, suggesting that tens of thousands are arrested needlessly each year.

MPs set out conditions for transfer of youth justice responsibilities

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Wednesday, November 23, 2011

| CYP Now

A report by the justice select committee on the proposed abolition of the Youth Justice Board has called for certain conditions to be followed if functions are taken over by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ).

Police and crime commissioners to influence YOT funding

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Friday, November 18, 2011

| CYP Now

The creation of police and crime commissioner posts across England and Wales next year will have a "considerable impact" on youth offending teams (YOTs) and their funding streams, the Youth Justice Board (YJB) has warned.

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.

Riots panel urges young people to contribute to investigation

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Thursday, October 27, 2011

| CYP Now

Young people are fed up of being blamed for August's riots, the head of a government panel probing the causes of the unrest has said.

Magistrates voice opposition to knife-sentencing proposals

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Thursday, October 27, 2011

| CYP Now

Controversial last-minute changes to government sentencing plans will result in as many as 400 additional children each year being jailed.

Uncertainty looms over children's lead role at ACPO as McPherson announces retirement

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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

| CYP Now

The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) has refused to confirm whether there will be a replacement lead for children and young people within the organisation after it emerged that Ian McPherson will retire in the new year.

Many young rioters found to have special educational needs, analysis reveals

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Monday, October 24, 2011

| CYP Now

Young people who got involved in August's riots were more likely to be poor and have special educational needs, government research on the unrest has revealed.

Police cannot tackle gangs alone, MPs told

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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

| CYP Now

A former US police chief who tackled gang violence in some of America's toughest cities has warned MPs that they won't be able to get rid of gangs completely.