Department of Computing
University of Central Lancashire
Preston
Lancashire
PR1 2HE
UK
EMail Project Coordinator
(Katie Taylor)
Lancashire Youth Offending Team
Halliwell House
15-17 Halliwell Street
Chorley
PR7 2AL
Lancashire
UK
EMail Project Coordinator
(Nigel Holt)
Our Vision
Who is this Website for?
This website is designed primarily for practitioners within the youth justice system and offers tools to work with young people who commit offences.
As a member of a community, a parent or a victim of an offence, you may be interested in the way the youth justice system works with young people who commit offences. Read more about youth justice.
Our Vision is Simple
In today's technology based world, we find that young people are acquiring I.T. skills and developing at high speed. Therefore, as a service, we need to provide the materials they need to develop and keep pace with their learning style, in a format that is engaging to them. The most significant piece of technology is the computer as all young people enjoy using the computer and the access to the wide range of information that it gives.
Thanks to a grant from the Lancashire Digital Development Agency this is now a possiblity.
The project is aimed at young people between the age of 12-17 years who have committed an offence. It is designed as gender neutral and will be used primarily in one to one work. However, there are elements of the project that could be developed into group work discussions.
Broadband was the most appropriate platform because it embraces interactive technology, improves usability, is accessible in a large number of venues within our area and delivers the speed and bandwidth necessary for media rich software development. It is also capable of supporting the security needed for such a product.
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