The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) has announced that the YJB will lose some of its responsibilities with the creation of a new Youth Custody Service. Charlie Taylor, who last year conducted a review into UK youth justice (2016), will replace Lord Tom McNally as chair of the board in charge of preventing young people re-offending … Continue reading Over-criminalisation of looked after children – youth justice update
Emergent themes and strategies for change - couple of good reads [...] responding to the ‘needs’ of vulnerable individuals within a risk-obsessed criminal justice system is perhaps the most impenetrable of the themes to emerge from practitioners'. Read full article at source: Supporting looked after children and care leavers in the Criminal Justice System: Emergent themes and strategies … Continue reading Supporting looked after children and care leavers in the Criminal Justice System
New articles have been added to our Library. Check out the following sections and thank you so much to all the Authors for sharing their publications. Care We are grateful to Jameel Hadi Lecturer in Social Work, University of Salford for this article. Jameel is a member of The National Association of Youth Justice and The Howard League. In February … Continue reading New in the Library
Police chief urges leniency around childrens home incidents Abstract Olivia Pinkney, children and young people’s lead at the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) and deputy chief constable of Sussex Police, has stated that local police services and children’s homes providers should work together to reduce the number of times officers are called out to residential … Continue reading Childrens home incidents
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