...Helena Russell; Joel Harvey Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the psychosocial experience of staff in a UK youth offending team (YOT) who work with adolescents displaying sexually harmful behaviour (SHB). Design/methodology/approach Eight participants were questioned by means...

... were reduced by only 20%. Key words Resettlement; costs; custody; re-offending; youth offending Introduction In its landmark report on reducing re-offending by exprisoners, the UK central government Social Exclusion Unit (2002) pointed out the importance of support in matters such as housing...