Dec 15, 2025
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Safeguarding
National Protocol to prevent the unnecessary criminalisation of children in care
Welcoming the Government’s commitment to preventing criminalization among care-experienced children—over half of whom currently face convictions by age 24 compared to just 13% of their peers—the author nonetheless warns that ambition alone is insufficient. Without substantial funding for local authorities to provide trauma-informed support and mentoring, these vital reforms risk remaining empty aspirations that fail to protect vulnerable youth.
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