How to mend broken Britain

In: The world today, Band 68, Heft 4, S. 24

Abstract

More than one million young people unemployed, 20 per cent of children leaving school with literacy levels below the age of 11, 350,000 children with alcohol or drug-addicted parents -- these are just a few of its shocking statistics. There is a strong case for piloting alternative approaches, including non-custodial National Service-style programmes focusing on training -- 66 per cent of the juveniles convicted had special education needs. Adapted from the source document.