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Youth Justice
Wednesday 19 December 2007 20:00-20:45 (Radio 4 FM)
Repeated: Saturday 22 December 2007 22:15-23:00 (Radio 4 FM)
Clive Anderson presents the series analysing the legal issues of the day.
Record numbers of young people are currently being held in custody, with children as young as ten being brought to court for offences as trivial as stealing half a sausage roll or a marble. Police stand accused of targeting young offenders in order to enhance their arrest figures. Key figures involved discuss concerns that the system is in crisis and in need of a complete overhaul.
