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ROD EARLE

In this session, you'll be taking a good close look at the Youth Justice System of England and Wales. We call it the Youth Justice System, but what that actually involves is a complex collection of youth courts at one end and Young Offender Institutions or YOIs at the other. In between, as it were, there are multi-agency Youth Offending Teams or YOTs.

You'll explore what they do and why they do it. You'll also take a look at the changes that are developing in the system and how these emerged in Wales first and have now spread more widely. Towards the end of the session, you'll be invited to consider if Wales and England are still on the single path to youth justice or are becoming more separate.