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New Year Cash Boost For Youth Crime
Knowsley’s work to prevent children and young people breaking the law has received a New Year cash boost of just over £373,000.
The money, from the Youth Justice Board, will be used to help ‘nip crime in the bud’ by increasing the number of people working with young people who have been identified as likely to offend.
“We believe the most effective way to reduce crime is to actually stop young people offending in the first place”, said Cabinet Member for Community Safety and Social Inclusion, Margaret Flaherty. “And an independent national evaluation of the first three years of our Youth Inclusion Programmes, working with 13 to 17 year olds, shows we are succeeding. This additional cash is a general thumbs up for our work with young people and recognition of our success.”
The independent evaluation of the Youth Inclusion Programmes (YIPs) that works with the 50 youngsters considered to be the most likely to offend found that:
· Arrest rates for the 50 fell by 65%.
· 74% of those who were at risk but had not yet offended were successfully steered away from crime.
· A reduction of 73% in offences committed by those who had offended before joining the programme.
Margaret Flaherty, Cabinet Member for Community Safety and Social Inclusion added: “We are determined to turn around the lives of the young people of Knowsley who may otherwise be drawn towards crime and anti-social behaviour and divert their energies into more positive activities.”
The extra £373,790 will be used by Knowsley’s Youth Offending Service over the next two years to support parents and to work with eight to 12 year olds, to increase the number of people available to provide individual guidance for children and young people thought to be most at risk of committing crimes.
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The money, from the Youth Justice Board, will be used to help ‘nip crime in the bud’ by increasing the number of people working with young people who have been identified as likely to offend.
“We believe the most effective way to reduce crime is to actually stop young people offending in the first place”, said Cabinet Member for Community Safety and Social Inclusion, Margaret Flaherty. “And an independent national evaluation of the first three years of our Youth Inclusion Programmes, working with 13 to 17 year olds, shows we are succeeding. This additional cash is a general thumbs up for our work with young people and recognition of our success.”
The independent evaluation of the Youth Inclusion Programmes (YIPs) that works with the 50 youngsters considered to be the most likely to offend found that:
· Arrest rates for the 50 fell by 65%.
· 74% of those who were at risk but had not yet offended were successfully steered away from crime.
· A reduction of 73% in offences committed by those who had offended before joining the programme.
Margaret Flaherty, Cabinet Member for Community Safety and Social Inclusion added: “We are determined to turn around the lives of the young people of Knowsley who may otherwise be drawn towards crime and anti-social behaviour and divert their energies into more positive activities.”
The extra £373,790 will be used by Knowsley’s Youth Offending Service over the next two years to support parents and to work with eight to 12 year olds, to increase the number of people available to provide individual guidance for children and young people thought to be most at risk of committing crimes.
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Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council,
PO Box 21 Archway Road,
Huyton
L36 9YU
Email: media@knowsley.gov.uk
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