... of the main features. The main aim of the YOT is to help young people address their offending behaviour by offering holistic, individualised programmes of intervention that attempt to reduce offending, create safer communities, and offer more life chances for young people; alongside this the YOT facilitates restorative justice processes as defined by the Crime and Disorder Act 1998. In order to understand how YOT became the current organisation for working with young people who behave in an anti social way it is important to explore some of the legislation that lead to their formation. The 1950s saw the proposal of a separate Juvenile Court by the Inglebury Committee and raising the age of criminal culpability from 8 years to twelve years; this was lowered to ten by the Children and Young Person's Act 1963 which focussed more on welfare than punishment, this age limit remains today. The Children and Young Persons Act ...

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