The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has announced a review of guidelines for agencies to help tackle the criminalisation of children in care. The National Protocol, which asks professionals to consider whether a...
Plan aims to restrict ‘over-policing’ of looked-after young people and ensure challenging behaviour is met with support rather than criminalisation
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‘Major reforms’ of the funded childcare entitlement system are needed to benefit disadvantaged children, experts have urged, as latest analysis finds that two thirds of poorer families are missing...
The Mayor of London has published a protocol setting out the roles and responsibilities of groups involved in the care of looked-after children and care leavers in reducing their involvement in crime. The protocol...
Campaigners are calling on candidates running for police and crime commissioner roles in England and Wales to help reduce the criminalisation of children in care and care leavers. The National Youth Advocacy Service...
Twin brothers born in London and brought up in state care could face deportation to two different Caribbean countries they have never visited. Siblings of Darrell and Darren Roberts, 24, said they had been issued with...
The University of Bedfordshire’s Vauxhall Centre for the Study of Crime has published findings from research looking at factors contributing to the over-representation of looked after children in child prisons in South...
On the face of it, 15-year-old Matty is not like many children in care in North Yorkshire. He has a part-time job, goes to college, and plans to study A-levels. But a few weeks ago he was kicked out of his family home...
Court advisory service Cafcass has not brought any legal proceedings on behalf of children in care despite referrals from independent reviewing officers (IROs) over the last decade, according to data obtained by...
The Department for Education (DfE) has published a national protocol to reduce the unnecessary criminalisation of looked after children and care leavers in England. Key principles include: a strong corporate parenting...
