ABSTRACT
Detachment from education, training and employment is a significant risk factor in relation to offending behaviour. There is no single causal factor that links the two and the relationship between them is a complex one that cannot be defined in simplistic terms. The key challenge for managers and practitioners working with young people in the youth justice system is how to support young people in sustaining any attachment they have to an educational setting and how to help them to become reattached where this has broken down completely.
