Young Offenders

I have designed and published a survey on young offenders to help me see the publics view on how young offenders should be treated.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Y83L2TV

I have also researched methods designed by the Home Office to prevent young people offending with the help of the charity 'Catch22'

http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/crime/reducing-reoffending/positive-futures/

Also, I have read about the Spent Convictions Act which states that offenders who are eligible have put their criminal past behind them and have been fully rehabilitated back into society.

This source of information is valid because it is from the authority which created the rehabilitation methods.
It can be relied upon because it is the Home Office and the government has a duty under the Freedom of Information Act to disclose its methods in their truth.