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Tagging scheme for young offenders 'a failure'

Electronic tagging of children to stop them committing crimes has proved an expensive and largely ineffective tool, according to the first independent study of the controversial scheme.

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LUCY ADAMS, Chief Reporter

Electronic tagging of children to stop them committing crimes has proved an expensive and largely ineffective tool, according to the first independent study of the controversial scheme.