Nick Jeffreys

Last week, the Government published guidance on what Police, Youth Justice Services (YJSs) and other agencies should do when a child is found in possession of a knife.   The guidance emphasises the importance of timely intervention for children – a key tenant of YEF’s Diversion Practice Guidance.   The Government guidance also sets out that YJSs should make use of the YEF Toolkit, stating that ‘Interventions should…

Where a child lives shouldn’t decide their future but right now, it does. Access to out of court resolutions varies across the country, meaning some children get a second chance while others get a sentence.  What the evidence tells us  In one of our latest blogs, we spoke about:  Introducing the Out of Court Resolution…