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can predict which children are likely to offend. Pr  The
Scottish Executive's Criminal Justice Plan, published in
December, emphasises the importance of a seamless collaboration
between public authorities and other organisations to develop
and implement joined-up solutions. At the final in a series of
round-table debates on community justice, held in Edinburgh,
there were signs that this was starting to happen, but that
there was still much to do.  "How can we work together more
effectively to drive forward a multi-agency community justice
agenda in Scotland?" the participants were asked.  The former
community project leader and academic Bob Holman implied, as
others later confirmed, that much of the problem lay with
juvenile offenders. "What works is being alongside young people
to keep them out of the justice system," he said. "The police in
Scotland want to do that. But there's so much antisocial
behaviour that they can't." Turning to the skil