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Building on Success: Addressing Challenges in Reducing Youth Re-offending

This publication examines the evolving approach to reducing youth re-offending, navigating changes in youth justice practices, and targeting resources towards high-risk young offenders. It discusses the decline in first-time entrants and youth custody numbers, while highlighting the shift towards a more challenging reoffending cohort with complex needs. Strategies for improving resettlement outcomes, early intervention, and multi-agency partnerships are explored to enhance prevention efforts and support young people leaving custody.

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Building on Success: Addressing Challenges in Reducing Youth Re-offending

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  1. Reducing Youth Re-offendingHow do we build on the existing approach to help a more challenging cohort to stop offending? Lin HinniganChief ExecutiveYouth Justice Board for England and Wales2 April 2014

  2. Number of juvenile First-Time Entrants (FTE) Number of First Time Entrants (FTEs) to the youth justice system 2002/03 to 2012/13

  3. Population decline End of the OBTJ target Young people committing less crime Changes to youth justice practices Prevention Possible explanations for reduction in FTEs

  4. Number of juveniles in custody Number of young people in custody 2002/03 to 2012/13

  5. Reduction in first-time entrants Raising Local Authority awareness Improved YOT performance Changes in sentencing Possible explanations for reduction in custody numbers

  6. Proportion of young people who re-offend

  7. Evidence of a changing cohort Since 2000 the reoffending cohort… Is 49% smaller Is more prolific - the proportion of young people having one or more offence has increased Is getting older – the proportion of 10-14 yrs offenders in the reoffending cohort has decreased but for 15-17 yrs it has increased Is committing more serious offences – the proportion having a First Tier Penalty has increased, whilst the proportion having a reprimand or warning has decreased

  8. Evidence of a challenging cohort 31% of young people in YJS identified as having mental health needs 60% of young people in YJS have speech, language and communication needs 29% of young people in YJS have literacy and numeracy problems 25%-50% of young people held in YOIs are, or have been, looked after children

  9. What next? Identifying young people who account for a larger proportion of reoffending and targeting resource to reduce prolific reoffending Improving resettlement outcomes to ensure those leaving custody have access to education and employment Multi-agency partnerships beyond Youth Justice to build on early intervention work

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