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Ministers have hailed their success in speeding up the way persistent young offenders are dealt with by the courts system.
Figures published on Friday for the first quarter of 2004 showed that the government had continued to meet its pledge to halve the time from arrest to sentencing for young offenders.
ePolitix
9:07:41 AM 
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Boredom remains the excuse of choice for teenagers who find themselves on the wrong side of the law.
They also blame their delinquency on the influence of friends, pressure to impress their peers, drinking, truanting and taking drugs.
Independent
8:25:01 AM
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Levels of truancy, serious offending, drinking and smoking are rising among teenagers, and more are falling victim to crime, according to a study of classrooms in England and Wales.
Independent
8:22:25 AM
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A team dedicated to reducing youth crime is celebrating being named as the best in the country.
West Berkshire Youth Offending Team (YOT) has been ranked top of the nationwide performance tables for the first four months of 2004.
The team is staffed by around 40 workers and volunteers.
BBCA team dedicated to reducing youth crime is celebrating being named as the best in the country.
West Berkshire Youth Offending Team (YOT) has been ranked top of the nationwide performance tables for the first four months of 2004.
The team is staffed by around 40 workers and volunteers.
BBC
9:35:25 AM
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People aged 18 to 20 convicted of a social offence have a 72 per cent chance of reoffending. But pilot community schemes may help them go straight.
Independent
9:31:10 AM
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Friday, May 28, 2004 |
Detectives are investigating claims that prison officers at a young offenders' institute organised bets on fights between black and white inmates, it emerged last night.
Officers at Feltham young offenders' institute in west London are said to have put white youths and black youths in the same cells and bet on how long it would be before they attacked each other.
Guardian
8:19:46 AM
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A public inquiry into the murder of an Asian teenage prisoner by his racist cellmate begins on Tuesday.
Zahid Mubarek, 19, was beaten to death at Feltham Young Offenders Institution in West London in March 2000.
BBC
8:37:40 AM
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The Prison Service has admitted that its investigation into the death of an 18-year-old inmate and the subsequent inquest did not comply with the European convention on human rights.
The admission, which followed a two-year battle for justice by the teenager's mother, is believed to be the first such case in this country since the Human Rights Act became law in October 2000.
Colin Williamson was found hanging in his cell at Portland young offenders' institution in Dorset on June 3 2001, less than a week after being taken off the prison's suicide risk regime.
Guardian
8:36:46 AM
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Residents of a housing estate who set out to tackle youth crime by working with offenders have given up their "softly softly" approach and called for the troublemakers to be jailed.
The community group, Save Our Scheme, was set up two and a half years ago in response to years of "violence and fear" in the Broomhouse area of Edinburgh.
Telegraph
9:05:27 AM
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A scheme aimed at reducing drug culture at a young offenders' centre in Belfast is working, according to a Queen's University report.
The programme at Hydebank Wood offers support to young inmates while they are being detained and continues after their release.
BBC
8:55:40 AM
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© Copyright 2004 Nick Page.
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Updated: 14/6/04; 9:09:14 am.
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