1.   Read in studio A senior police officer has criticised the way the criminal justice system handles young offenders.

2.   A senior police officer has criticised the way the criminal justice system handles young offenders.

3.   But they are willing to handle repeat offenders who owe several hundred, Jones says.

4.   In many states people debate what is the best way to handle such offenders.

5.   Lawmakers also approved changes in the way juvenile offenders are handled.

6.   Pennsylvania has gone further than most states in how it handles young offenders sentenced as adults.

7.   States without such laws vary greatly in how they handle offenders after their incarceration.

8.   That includes reforming many of the mandates from the JJDPA that add bureaucracy to local law enforcement officials when handling youth offenders.

9.   The county has one of the few juvenile assessment centers in the country, a modern program for handling young offenders.

10.   Kenyan police will be trained how to handle child offenders in a programme set to start next month, deputy police spokesman Dola Indidis said on Wednesday.