Jailing young people in ever larger numbers is not the answer to tackling youth crime according to a professor from the London School of Economics.

In a recent opinion piece in the UK's Guardian newspaper, Prof. Rod Morgan argues that the costs of jailing more and more young offendors are far too high.

The article is available online at http://society.guardian.co.uk/youthjustice/comment/0,,2016087,00.html.