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| Youth crime plan targets families | Youth crime plan targets families |
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| Ministers have confirmed plans for more targeting of 110,000 "problematic" families in a bid to cut youth crime. | Ministers have confirmed plans for more targeting of 110,000 "problematic" families in a bid to cut youth crime. |
| The £100m Youth Crime Action Plan says more parenting orders should be handed out with Asbos. | |
| It also proposes increased support for crime victims and for young offenders to settle into communities - and says more youth centres should be built. | It also proposes increased support for crime victims and for young offenders to settle into communities - and says more youth centres should be built. |
| The plan says the number of people aged 10 to 17 entering the criminal justice system should be cut by 20% by 2010. | The plan says the number of people aged 10 to 17 entering the criminal justice system should be cut by 20% by 2010. |
| 'Tackled head-on' | 'Tackled head-on' |
| It adds that "families with children at risk of future high-rate offending will be reached through additional support which will ensure that problems are tackled early before difficulties spiral out of control". | It adds that "families with children at risk of future high-rate offending will be reached through additional support which will ensure that problems are tackled early before difficulties spiral out of control". |
| Police should carry out "visible patrols" after school hours, the plan says. | Police should carry out "visible patrols" after school hours, the plan says. |
| READ THE REPORT | READ THE REPORT |
| Youth Crime Action Plan [1Mb] Most computers will open PDF documents automatically, but you may need to download Adobe Acrobat Reader. Download the reader here | Youth Crime Action Plan [1Mb] Most computers will open PDF documents automatically, but you may need to download Adobe Acrobat Reader. Download the reader here |
| Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said: "Youth crime can have a devastating effect on victims and communities and must be tackled head-on. | Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said: "Youth crime can have a devastating effect on victims and communities and must be tackled head-on. |
| "Today I want to send the message to perpetrators that their actions are unacceptable. | "Today I want to send the message to perpetrators that their actions are unacceptable. |
| "They must understand the consequences their behaviour has not only on victims and communities but on their families and their futures." | "They must understand the consequences their behaviour has not only on victims and communities but on their families and their futures." |
| The plan will involve the Home Office, Ministry of Justice and the Department for Children, Schools and Families. | The plan will involve the Home Office, Ministry of Justice and the Department for Children, Schools and Families. |
| It calls for more investment in non-custodial sentences, involving intensive fostering and community supervision of young offenders. | It calls for more investment in non-custodial sentences, involving intensive fostering and community supervision of young offenders. |
| Greater support will be offered with housing, education and work for those leaving prison, it adds. | Greater support will be offered with housing, education and work for those leaving prison, it adds. |
| 'Mish-mash' | |
| The Children's Commissioner for England praised what he called "measured, thoughtful proposals". | |
| However, the plan was dismissed by probation union Napo as a "mish-mash" of Not a U-turn as such [by the Home Secretary Jacqui Smith] but a very belated attempt to clear up the important confusion⦠Nick RobinsonBBC political editor class="" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/nickrobinson/2008/07/compare_and_con.html">Read Nick's blog in full class="" href="/1/hi/uk/7507713.stm">Youth crime: Key measures class="" href="/1/hi/uk_politics/7507687.stm">Keeping teenagers out of trouble previously-piloted ideas. | |
| And shadow home secretary Dominic Grieve said: "Despite a decade of endless initiatives and a dedicated 'respect agenda', anti-social behaviour is not only rising, but is being committed by younger and younger children. | |
| "We need action at every level to fix our broken society - the government's failed policies are betraying a generation of young people." | |
| Mr Brown announced the plan at his monthly news conference on Monday, where he discussed the problem of knife crime. | |
| "Too many people, young and old, do not feel safe in the streets, and sometimes even in their homes, as a result of the behaviour of a minority. | |
| HAVE YOUR SAY Evicting the problem families just moves them from one place to another. I think it would be better to deal with the root causes, not just the surface cracks. Nicola Clubb, BournemouthSend us your comments | HAVE YOUR SAY Evicting the problem families just moves them from one place to another. I think it would be better to deal with the root causes, not just the surface cracks. Nicola Clubb, BournemouthSend us your comments |
| "We need to make it absolutely clear to everyone, but especially young people, that in our country there are boundaries of acceptable behaviour [and] that it is completely unacceptable to carry a knife," he said. | |
| The strategy was launched as Ms Smith was forced to again deny making a U-turn over plans to make young people who carry knives meet the victims of knife crime. | The strategy was launched as Ms Smith was forced to again deny making a U-turn over plans to make young people who carry knives meet the victims of knife crime. |
| Ms Smith denied the plan had ever been to take young people to A&E departments to meet victims as they were being treated. | Ms Smith denied the plan had ever been to take young people to A&E departments to meet victims as they were being treated. |