The Warwickshire Youth Offending Team is a multi-disciplinary team which works in partnership with other teams and agencies and includes workers from:
- Social Care
- Probation
- Police
- Education and ConneXions
- Health
The Youth Offending Team was formed in 1999 in response to the Crime and Disorder Act 1998. Every local authority has, by law, to bring together people from key agencies to help prevent offending and work with young people.
It supports the six key objectives of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 by making sure that:
- The time from arrest to sentence is short;
- Young people understand the consequences of their behaviour;
- Work is provided which looks at the causes of young people's misbehaviour and offending;
- Any punishment relates to the seriousness and persistence of offending;
- Young offenders work with their victims or the community;
- Parents are aware of their responsibility.
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