19th February 2010
Chief constable of Lothian and Borders Police, David Strang, calls for a radical change in way the system as a whole works to prevent crime rather than simply mop up the aftermath.
17th February 2010
A Guardian article highlights the familiar story that many young offenders are themselves victims.
8th February 2010
New initiatives in Hawaii seeking to reduce probation violations signal a new approach to criminal justice policy.
4th February 2010
A report introduced in the UK today puts skills and training at the forefront as the key to aiding reintegration and reducing re-offending.
20th January 2010
The mayor's office has announced plans to merge the city’s Department of Juvenile Justice into its child welfare agency. This signals a "more therapeutic approach toward delinquency" that will see fewer young offenders sent to prison.
15th January 2010
A new report from a Commons select committee has identified that the current prison building programme is unsustainable, and the cash would be better spent on rehabilitation and prevention so as to cut crime.
14th January 2010
An article by Alan Travis in the Guardian outlines how the Commons select committee report on justice describes how money would be better spent on rehabilitation and prevention to cut crime as opposed to expanding the prison building programme.
8th December 2009
A new cross-government strategy to promote the health and well-being of children and young people in contact with the youth justice system.
8th December 2009
The Council of Europe's Committee for the prevention of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (CPT) has published the report on its sixth periodic visit to the United Kingdom in November/December 2008.
3rd December 2009
U R Boss is a ground breaking youth justice project in the UK that provides an enhanced legal service shaped by and for young people in custody and those recently released into the community.
Respect for rights in the penal system with prison as a last resort.