Scotland’s first comprehensive study of all services to young offenders has been published. The report by Audit Scotland has found that the system for dealing with young offenders is too slow, with services varying across the country, writes Shona Main.
It also reports that an alarming 60 per cent of those young people imprisoned will go on to re-offend.
The report is critical of the way in which money is spent and the highlights the impact made by the lack of human resources. Around 60 per cent of £240 million total expenditure for youth justice is spent on prosecuting and reaching decisions about young offenders rather than services to tackle offending behaviour.
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