A couple of months ago, we blogged about what focused deterrence is, the challenges in implementing focused deterrence in the UK, and how we’re supporting local areas to implement it. We’ve since published findings from the first six months of delivery of the Youth Endowment Fund- and Home Office-funded focused deterrence programme and evaluation. One…

It feels like everyone’s talking about focused deterrence. Since joining YEF eight months ago, it’s the intervention I’ve been asked most about; How can we deliver it in our local area? Is it really that effective? When will the findings from YEF’s multi-site trial be ready?    Alongside growing interest from government departments, we’ve seen an…

Prof. Iain Brennan and Dr Tia Simanovic discuss the ‘Another Chance’ project.