9 November 2005

Lost in Transition: A report of the Barrow Cadbury Commission on young adults and the criminal justice system

Maturity, Young adults

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How can public services help young people – particularly those in trouble – make the transition to adulthood? This report from the Commission on Young Adults and the Criminal Justice System emphasises the impact of imprisonment on young people’s life chances and the shortcomings of a criminal justice system that sees nearly three quarters of 18-20-year-olds re-convicted after release from the prison system.

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