This guidance is intended to provide an overview of ‘good practice’ for Local Authorities and community planning partners in relation to alternatives to secure care and custody. Scotland is internationally

What are the hopes and frustrations in the everyday practice of person-centred support, or ‘personalisation’? This study is the most user-centred and authoritative commentary to date on current policies and

Support services are all those services which currently come under the heading of ‘day care’. They do not include care at home and housing support which are covered by separate

Diversion from prosecution is a formal decision by the Procurator Fiscal. On receipt of a police report the Procurator Fiscal can choose to divert the young person to a local

In 2004, a new multidisciplinary children’s services inspection team based in Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Education (HMIE) started to undertake inspections of child protection services in all 32 local authorities

This report presents the findings from a major study of young people and their relationship with alcohol, and explores the wide range of influences on their drinking. This study differs

Children in the care of the local authority, or ‘looked after children’, are overrepresented within the custodial population. This thematic review, commissioned by the Youth Justice Board, reports on the