The child criminals who keep blighting yorkshire with their wrongs

Recent statistics reveal that xxx young offenders Yorkshire have reoffended within a year of their conviction. The latest data from the Ministry of Justice indicates that xxx individuals

aged between 10 and 17 were convicted of crimes in Yorkshire policing areas in the year leading up to March 2023. Of these, xxx had reoffended within a year of their conviction. They went on

to commit xxx crimes. Across England and Wales, 32 per cent of child criminals re-offended within a year. Of those who re-offended, 86 per cent were boys, and 77 per cent were aged between

15 and 17. According to the figures 70 per cent of re-offenders were white, 16 per cent black, and five per cent Asian, while the remaining percentage did not have their ethnicity recorded.

Below are the number of re-offending criminals in every Yorkshire police area. WEST YORKSHIRE POLICE * Children convicted 2022/23: 881 * Reoffending within a year 2022/23: 309 (35%) *

Reoffending within a year 2021/22: 34% * Reoffending within a year a decade ago: 42% * Crimes committed by re-offenders 2022/23: 1,397 SOUTH YORKSHIRE POLICE * Children convicted 2022/23:

360 * Reoffending within a year 2022/23: 101 (28%) * Reoffending within a year 2021/22: 30% * Reoffending within a year a decade ago: 40% * Crimes committed by re-offenders 2022/23: 489

NORTH YORKSHIRE POLICE * Children convicted 2022/23: 157 * Reoffending within a year 2022/23: 60 (38%) * Reoffending within a year 2021/22: 33% * Reoffending within a year a decade ago: 43%

* Crimes committed by re-offenders 2022/23: 324 HUMBERSIDE POLICE * Children convicted 2022/23: 231 * Reoffending within a year 2022/23: 100 (43%) * Reoffending within a year 2021/22: 43% *

Reoffending within a year a decade ago: 46% * Crimes committed by re-offenders 2022/23: 474 WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY The figures come as prison reform charity, the Howard League for Penal

Reform, warns that the justice system is consistently failing to provide adequate support for young offenders. Andrew Neilson, director of campaigns at the Howard League for Penal Reform,

expressed concern over the figures, stating that contact with the criminal justice system often leads young people towards further offending rather than rehabilitation. He said: "While

reoffending is concerning, these figures do not come as a surprise. "Academic research has shown that each contact a child has with the criminal justice system drags them deeper into

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in trouble or behaving in a concerning way, the priority should be to consider their welfare and understand the reasons why this is happening, and to get them the help and support they

need. "The Howard League has seen through its legal work that prisons holding children fail routinely to reach this standard." A spokesperson for the government remarked that child

incarceration is always considered a last resort, and with fewer children in prison, the likelihood of reoffending may increase among those who remain incarcerated. They said: "We need

young offenders to turn their backs on a life of crime. These 2023 figures show that there is still a lot of work to do." "This Government is increasing access to education.

Through Youth Offending Teams, we are also steering young people away from ever pursuing a life of crime." _GET ALL THE LATEST AND BREAKING NEWS IN YORKSHIRE BY_ _ SIGNING UP TO OUR

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