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The review is intended to chart a course for the next 10 years by focusing more "on the offender, not the offence".Most crime is committed by a small number of offenders who could be identified almost from birth, ministers believe.
After 10 years focusing on tougher sentences, the review paper said it wanted to tackle the "underlying causes — through better targeting".
Vulnerable children and those at risk will be identified by "trigger" factors such as parents in jail or on drugs.
They will be subject to measures including home visits from specialists.
But the Government says the net should be cast as widely as possible "to prevent criminality developing".