Does AssetPlus facilitate effective assessment of children within the youth justice system?: A critical evaluation

AssetPlus is an assessment and planning framework developed by the Youth Justice Board (YJB) for use by all youth justice services across England and Wales. Since its development in 2014, scrutiny and evaluation of the framework has been limited, with very little published outside of reviews commissioned by the YJB. Therefore, this article aims to collate existing information about AssetPlus and its effectiveness. It aims to critically evaluate the framework and consider how it could be improved. Recommendations are provided for the development of AssetPlus and directions for further research are identified.