Unreliable Evidence - Youth Justice

Clive Anderson presents the series analysing the legal issues of the day. 4/4. Youth Justice Record numbers of young people are currently being held in custody, with children as young as ten being brought to court for offences as trivial as stealing half a sausage roll or a marble. Police stand accused of targeting young offenders in order to enhance their arrest figures. Key figures involved discuss concerns that the system is in crisis and in need of a complete overhaul.