Sean Creaney and Jayne Price highlight the purpose, value and functioning of knowledge partnerships in youth justice for HMI Probation.

The development of a trauma-informed Scotland is an ambitious and important agenda, but not without its challenges and limitations. In restrictive settings that...

The custodial estate for children aged 10–17 years across England and Wales faces a number of challenges. This article focuses on the perceptions of Resettlemen...

Abstract. Children who offend generally receive community sentences, to help them overcome difficulties whilst naturally addressing offending behaviour; ho

Abolishing Detention and Training Orders is the key to meaningful decarceration according to Dr Kathy Hampson and Dr Anne-Marie Day.

Reflecting an international shift from punitive to more rehabilitative responses to youth offending, many Australian youth justice systems are undergoing significant revision and reform. The urgenc...

The firefighters earn $5.80-$10.24 per day plus $1 an hour when responding to active emergencies, according to CDCR

Collaboration is one of the major tenets of Child First justice and yet is proving problematic in its application across the sector, especially where children are compelled through court orders to eng...

More than 2,200 records created for children below age of criminal responsibility in last decade, including nearly 600 for those under three

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If the UK is to break the cycle of reoffending, it needs to meet the basic needs of young people in prison and respect the basic human right of adequate nutrition.

The brains of young people are developing until about age 25, limiting their ability to make rational decisions and control impulses. Youth justice policies that ignore this risk failure.

In theory, children in conflict with the law have the legal right to have their opinions taken into account and are entitled to contribute to a criminal justice system’s response to their own behaviou...

This article focuses on rarely heard judicial perspectives, and the little explored challenges facing care-experienced girls and women in court. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with judges and ...

Special Issue launch: Youth Justice Research and Knowledge Exchange Event

Special Issue launch: Youth Justice Research and Knowledge Exchange Event

Do you conduct crime research using quantitative surveys or longitudinal studies from the UK Data Service, such as the Crime Survey for England and Wales, Commercial Victimisation Survey, and many…

Children in residential care have the most complex needs of all children growing up in Out-of-Home care (OOHC), due to complex trauma from pre-care ex…

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Special Issue launch: Youth Justice Research and Knowledge Exchange Event

The Howard League for Penal Reform has welcomed news of the Ministry of Justice’s upcoming independent review of the placement of girls in the children and young people’s secure estate announced today...

Collaboration is one of the major tenets of Child First justice and yet is proving problematic in its application across the sector, especially where children are compelled through court orders to eng...

Young people are more likely to perform worse at school and be involved in crime due to “austerity-induced” youth club closures over the last 14 years, a report has found.

As we are now approaching a long, dark, socially-isolated winter in the UK, adequate vitamin D supplementation has never been more important.

Special Issue launch: Youth Justice Research and Knowledge Exchange Event

A radical change to youth justice practice has taken place, through which Child First is quickly becoming orthodox and dominant. In this chapter, the authors document its rise at the point of service ...

Youth justice services need to adopt a more collaborative approach with young people, say experts.

In this Info Sheet the authors analyse the Child First approach and examine the principles that underpin meaningful co-production.