News and experiences from UK justice, including courts, YOTs, Probation offices, practitioner recruitment and training.
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Undercover Social Worker on TV
8 Jun 2010, 2:46 pm | Written by Backstop
Anyone who missed last night’s Dispatches on channel 4, may wish to watch again by following this link. The programme showed an investigation by an undercover reporter and shows documentary footage shot covertly within a child protection team. Definitely a … Continue reading
Children’s groups warn against naming the brothers in the Doncaster Torture case
22 Oct 2009, 2:20 pm | Written by Backstop
Recently, children’s groups spoke out about the move to lift the anonymity of the brothers aged 12 and 10 who admitted to beating and torturing two boys in an outrageous and unrelenting attack in South Yorkshire in April. Following the … Continue reading
Has Labour criminalised a generation of our children?
8 Oct 2009, 9:12 am | Written by Backstop
A controversial report released this month by the Justice System has announced that over one million children have been convicted of a criminal offence since Labour’s inception in 1997. The report has caused many groups, including the Liberal Democrats, to … Continue reading
News round-up of the last month: goodbye ASBO & ContactPoint, the future of Connexions and an end to long-term council tenancies
18 Aug 2010, 2:43 pm | Written by Backstop
With change on the horizon and the new government appearing to many to be keen to shift power from the state to the private and voluntary sectors, the youth justice sector is up against some pretty big changes. Firstly we … Continue reading →