The UK Government have published their Youth Crime Action Plan, a joint plan between the Ministry for Justice, DCSF and Home Office. The plan which has a focus on early intervention and none-negotiable challenge and support.
Key points:
- Extension of family intervention projects.
- More use of ASBO's and Parenting Orders and sanctions for those parents who do not engage.
- More "community" work for offenders, overseen by new citizen's panels.
- More support for young offenders on release of custody.
- Local Authorities to take responsibility for education and training of young people in custody.
- Everyone over 16 found to be carrying a knife can expect prosecution.
- Increasing the provision of youth services at times when offending is likely.
- Making permanent exclusion from school an automatic trigger for Common Assessment Framework assessment of needs.
- Expanding Safer School Partnerships.
- Working closer with Local Authorities to improve family support which will help ensure problems are addressed early.
- Plus a series of longer term changes to legal processes for the most serious offenders.
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