A blueprint to reduce teenage offending across Greater Manchester by transforming the way they are handled by police has been unveiled. A report presented to the Greater Manchester Police, Crime and Fire Panel puts the emphasis on "child-centred policing".
The report authored by children and young people principal Frank Hamill and Alison Connelly, offenders and criminal justice principal, highlights a new approach tackling "criminal justice system challenges and inequalities". It focuses on monitoring teenage "release under investigation" events and how the "voices of children and young people" should be heard.
Meanwhile, part of the Youth Justice Transformation budget is to be transferred to Manchester City Council as the lead youth justice authority through its director of children's services. Key to the process are discussions with the Ministry of Justice and the Youth Justice Board over the recording and reporting of youth offending, which combines with education and social care.
