What needs to be done to tackle youth crime?

The causes of youth crime are multi-faceted, the solutions are long-term. Ten experts offer their personal solutions.

Public Service Review asked ten experts to suggest their own solutions to the problem of youth crime. The experts were:

• Barbara Wilding CBE QPM FRSA CCMI, Chief Constable, South Wales Police
• Professor David Wilson, Centre for Criminal Justice Policy and Research, Birmingham City University
• John A Calhoun, Founder and for 20 years President and CEO of the National Crime Prevention Council, USA
• Alf Hitchcock, ACPO Lead on knife crime and Deputy Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service
• Deputy Chief Constable Bernard Lawson, Merseyside Police
• Chris Huhne MP, Shadow Home Secretary, Liberal Democrats
• Sir Al Aynsley-Green, Children's Commissioner for England,
• Gloria Laycock, Professor of Crime Science, University College London
• Gillian Guy, Chief Executive, Victim Support
• Dominic Grieve QC MP, Shadow Home Secretary, Conservative Party

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