Youth Justice Resources

Child and Mental Health Observatory

The national Child and Maternal Health Observatory (ChiMat) provides information and intelligence to improve decision-making for high quality, cost effective services.

The ChiMat website has an extensive youth justice section, developed by the Centre for Mental Health and the Department of Health to support the Youth Justice Liaison and Diversion pathfinders as part of a national programme to establish diversion services in all police and court services by the end of 2014.

Visit the website at www.chimat.org.uk/youthjustice.

Children and Young People in the Youth Justice System

All Party Parliamentary Group for Children seminars reportThis is a collection of information from seminars organised by the All Party Parliamentary Group for Children in 2009/10. It looks at prevention and entry into the youth justice system, courts, custody, vulnerable children, the age of criminal responsibility and resettlement.

The Chance of a Lifetime

Chance of a Lifetime cover image - snakes and ladders in a playground A very high proportion of those who have the most serious conduct problems during childhood will go on to become involved in criminal activity.

This paper makes the case for greatly increased investment in evidence-based programmes to reduce the prevalence and severity of conduct problems in childhood.

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Childhood mental health and life chances in post-war Britain

Childhood mental health and life chances summary report cover image

This report finds that mental health problems in children and teenagers have a significant impact on their chances of success in employment and family life as well as contact with the criminal justice system.

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