Youth Justice
Evidence from the British Crime Survey shows that high profile serious violent crime involving young people is undermining public confidence in the youth justice system. Close links with local authorities, schools and a range of other agencies is key to improving the criminal justice service’s response to crimes involving young people.
An important strand of the work of the London Criminal Justice Board aims to ensure that whenever a young person has contact with the criminal justice service, the outcome is positive.
Through our Youth Strategy we want to develop arrangements that aim to keep the public safe, prevent offending and help that young person realise a positive future.
During this year we will be testing a range of activities to deliver this. This includes working with local authority partners to better identify young people at risk of offending or victimisation and intervening, speeding up the justice process and making it more responsive and understandable to young defendants and victims.
We also want to promote the positive contributions made by young people to the criminal justice service.
Read the London CJB Youth Strategy Briefing Note and our PowerPoint summary of the strategy.