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Allen, Rob (2006). From Punishment to Problem Solving: A New Approach to Children in Trouble. London: Centre for Crime and Justice Studies.

This report looks at one of the key priorities for the New Labour administration in 1997, dealing with young offenders. Reforming youth justice was not only an end in itself. The new government observed that most adult offenders in the prisons started their offending careers as children and young people. By creating responses to youth crime which were more effective in turning young people away from delinquency, it was hoped to provide substantial benefits for society as a whole. (excerpt)

Link: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/rel/ccjs/2006-punishment-to-problem-solving.pdf

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