YOUTH CRIME PREVENTION STRATEGIES

Youth Crime Prevention Strategies in England and Wales



“Critically discuss the effectiveness of youth crime prevention strategies in England and Wales”

Introduction

The criminal justice response to youth crime in England and Wales has undergone major changes in recent years with the development of multi-agency Youth Offending teams and a change of policy towards the prevention of juvenile delinquency as the primary intention of the professional intervention with young offenders. The United Kingdom with the definition of the field with the debate, two questions related to juvenile delinquency. The first is suffering from the highest and most stable juvenile delinquency and antisocial behavior. Members of the public anxiety in the United Kingdom and the second in the other younger members of the local public bad behavior. In the British public support a more focused approach to the welfare of juvenile delinquency, commitment in the past.

Research has shown that young people in the media increased antisocial behavior and juvenile justice policy changes and political focus, such as reducing the age of criminal responsibility to 10 years has been encouraging the perception of young people concerned about high-level misconduct, promoting the United Kingdom more may keep young people for their misconduct independent and responsible. Public health approach to preventing juvenile delinquency involves three levels: - Primary prevention - crime prevention purpose is a common practice before it occurs. These strategies should be developed and improved the family, community, schools, early education and youth activities, social skills - integration - behavior and respect for community standards.

Secondary prevention approach, the risk of personal crime, the greatest focus. The strategy is to try to improve social services, health services, in terms of capacity and breadth of specialized programs to improve the performance of the most high-risk groups, such as anti-social committee who have emotional problems or issues, school (Clark, 2005) behavior. Discussion

The Commission is inclusive and supports multi-agency support group programs and preventive children aged 8-13 with the package as crime and antisocial behavior in high-risk assessment. Youth inclusion and support groups report that they did not feel their community safe, not what they do where they live. Youth inclusion and support through the Commission is planning and activities to keep them out of the tools to contain and appreciated. As a child in his interview comments were: 'When there is nowt to do real estate, everyone is tired, they just take you out of the place where you can do something'. It also has a physical health, including mental and emotional health problems in a specific target. This goal is directly connected to the Government's 'Every Child Matters' outcomes framework, inclusion and support for all Youth Commission must, in particular the 'healthy' and 'stay safe' out to. Therefore, the youth inclusion and support groups to provide encouragement to contain the kind of project is not only safe from the risk of involvement in crime, while the activities involved in protecting children's interests, in the improvement, but also access to the ...