The recent comments in a report by the Sainsbury's Centre for Mental Health highlight the links between children that have conduct issues in early years such as fighting and stealing often go on to a life of crime.
This is fine example of the need for progammes such as Sure Start which the Conservatives want to abolish.
It cost £30k to keep a adult in prision for a year whilst a Group Therapy programme costs £900 per child or about £4,000 if more intensive work.
Yesterday I attended the Young People of the Year awards where young people who have made a positive impact on there communities were awarded.
One of the winners had with the help of Social Services and the Police really turned her life around from a life that was going of the rails fast with substance abuse and involvement in crime.
I hate to think that Tory cuts would leave people like this young lady to fall through the net and in the long run cost society more in the long term.
Copy of the report below.
http://www.scmh.org.uk/news/2009_preventing_conduct_disorder.aspx
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