Lord Ramsbotham argued that because no-one in the prison service was responsible and accountable for young people, there was no overall strategy aimed at challenging their criminal attitudes and behaviour or preparing them for a future free of offending.
Such a strategy is relatively rare in white-collar criminal cases because of the danger something will go wrong during cross-examination by prosecutors.
She called for a social strategy - to look at minimum pricing and licensing controls on home delivery alcohol services - as well as criminal justice controls, such as making breathalysers compulsory.