The Youth Justice Board (YJB) was one of a number of non-departmental public bodies due to be culled in the Public Bodies Bill last year. However, following opposition in the House of Lords, plans to merge the YBJ’s functions into the Ministry of Justice were abandoned in November.

Anna Souhami, Rod Earle, Enver Solomon, and Stephen Case and Kevin Haines offer their perspectives on the continuation of the Youth Justice Board - read what they had to say in the June issue of Criminal Justice Matters.