You report that the government has no intention of raising the age of criminal responsibility (Were James Bulger’s killers too young to stand trial?, Society, 6 February). However, there is another way to achieve the same outcome.
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Young criminals should be sent to “secure colleges” similar to modern-day borstals to be rehabilitated, the Justice Secretary will announce.
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More offenders will have to meet their victims and apologise before being sentenced under a rapid expansion of restorative justice unveiledon Tuesday.
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Every local authority is grappling with the challenge of increasing demand for services at a time of severe financial constraint. To meet this challenge we will need new partnerships and new relationships with our residents to help us solve local problems.
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Young offenders came face-to-face with a victim of their crimes as a Government pilot project to tackle yob behaviour got under way in Wakefield.
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The number of under-16s held in custody in Gloucestershire has fallen by 68% over five years, a BBC investigation has found.
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Last week The Independent shone a necessary light upon one of the most dark and depressing consequences of our retributive criminal justice system: the impacts upon the children and family of incarcerated mothers.
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Restorative justice is being underused in the youth justice system because of a lack of sentencing options for young offenders, the head of the Magistrates’ Association has said.
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Bradford parents are queuing up to get their children on restorative justice programmes to stop them getting a criminal record.
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Two boys died in youth custody last month. It’s a reminder that we reserve our most dangerous and violent jails for children.
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Esther Babalola never regarded herself as part of a gang. Her friends, boys she knew from school, were in a Hoxton crew “doing all sorts” but she never stooped to anything illegal, she said, and stayed on the periphery.
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