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

Knowledge partnerships in youth justice
Sean Creaney and Jayne Price highlight the purpose, value and functioning of knowledge partnerships in youth justice for HMI Probation.
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April British Society of Criminology (BSC) Book Draw - 'Knowledge and Skills Partnerships in Youth Justice'. Thank you to the BSC, and Routledge for supporting the draw. BSC members email 'info@britsoccrim.org' to enter. Closes 30 April. Full info www.britsoccrim.org/book-draw-2/

Children’s Experiences of Police Custody and the Implications for Trauma-Informed Policing - Nina Vaswani, Kristina Moodie, Donna McEwan, 2024 The development of a trauma-informed Scotland is an ambitious and important agenda, but not without its challenges and limitations. In restrictive settings that...

Important HMCIS/HIS review about children held in police custody.

@cycjscotland.bsky.social research found that police custody was the most distressing aspect of a child's journey though the justice system shorturl.at/yLG4h

BBC News - Children held too long in police cells shorturl.at/c2h53

A special issue of Societies Journal: Youth Justice: Social Policy, Social Work and Practice www.mdpi.com/journal/soci... @drkathyhampson.bsky.social

Isolated and Invisible: The Barriers to Implementing Constructive Resettlement Approaches in Two English Young Offenders Institutions - Anne-Marie Day, 2025 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...

New paper alert! Published in the Youth Justice Journal, I explore the views of Resettlement Officers in YOIs and the range of barriers they face when implementing Constructive Resettlement approaches. ROs described feeling isolated and invisible 👇 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Harmful, Expensive and Criminogenic: The Case for Abolishing Detention and Training Orders in England and Wales Abstract. Children who offend generally receive community sentences, to help them overcome difficulties whilst naturally addressing offending behaviour; ho

Hi everyone, to kick off my maiden post please read our newly published paper in the BJC which argues for the abolition of all short term custodial sentences for children, and presents an alternative, viable, cost effective model @drkathyhampson.bsky.social

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Five reasons to abolish short-term custodial sentences for children - Russell Webster Abolishing Detention and Training Orders is the key to meaningful decarceration according to Dr Kathy Hampson and Dr Anne-Marie Day.

Five reasons to abolish short-term custodial sentences for children
Abolishing Detention and Training Orders is the key to meaningful #decarceration according to Kathy Hampson and Anne-Marie Day.
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Problematising the potentials of music programs to address Australia’s youth justice policy problems 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...

Problematising the potentials of music programs to address Australia’s youth justice policy problems

Alexis Anja Kallio

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Providing in-depth insight into different types of knowledge and skills partnerships in youth justice, this book illustrates the importance of collaborative working between academics and professionals, drawing on empirical research and practice examples to present expert analysis of knowledge/evidence production and utilisation in youth justice. Original and cutting edge, the focus of this edited collection is on different forms of knowledge exchange (transfer) between professionals and academics in the youth justice context. Authored by experts in the field, each chapter presents a series of case studies showcasing the application of theory/evidence to practice, and shedding light on the challenges professionals experience when seeking to understand complex theory and ‘make sense’ of the vast array of empirical data. Knowledge and Skills Partnerships in Youth Justice will appeal to students researching youth justice and criminal justice systems. The book will also be useful for practitioners of youth justice, as well as policymakers. Editors: Jayne Price and Sean Creaney Contributors: Sean Creaney, Jayne Price, Gareth Jones, Robin Moore, Andrea Brazier and Helen Mercer, Sue Bond-Taylor, Kathy Hampson, Ross Gibson, Nina Vaswani and Fiona Dyer, Vicky Palmer

"This book is the first to bring together academics and professionals in youth justice to examine the benefits of exchanging their knowledge and practice." - Professor Raymond Arthur, Northumbria University www.routledge.com/Knowledge-an... @rmooreresearch.bsky.social @drkathyhampson.bsky.social

‘Essential’: nearly 800 incarcerated firefighters deployed as LA battles wildfires The firefighters earn $5.80-$10.24 per day plus $1 an hour when responding to active emergencies, according to CDCR

Hundreds of incarcerated folks are fighting fires in California— earning between $5.80 and $10.24 per *day* plus $1 per hour during active emergencies. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Editorial: Children’s participation in youth justice: Actions speak louder than words. research.edgehill.ac.uk/en/publicati...

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Transforming the Balance of Power? Child First Collaboration: A Conceptual Analysis 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...

Transforming the Balance of Power? Child First Collaboration: A Conceptual Analysis www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/14...

Three babies committed speeding offences, Garda system shows More than 2,200 records created for children below age of criminal responsibility in last decade, including nearly 600 for those under three

Three babies committed speeding offences, Garda system shows

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‘It’s a sixth sense...I see you, you see me, and we’ve been there’: Benefits and challenges of developing a peer mentoring scheme with young people in youth justice services mmuperu.co.uk/bjcj/wp-cont...

New Publication: "The Rehabilitation Industry: Lived Experience and Performance" (10min read)

Andi Brierley & I explore our observations of what we describe as a Rehabilitation Industry and reflect on our roles within it

We pose tough questions for all CJS stakeholders—read & join the discussion!

Woman scientist presenting work (credit UKRI)

📢We've been awarded a huge UK research fellowship #UKRIFLF to study how lived experience leaders imagine the future of criminal justice🎉If you have ideas, get in touch www.chester.ac.uk/about/news/a...

NEW article: “Understanding the importance of therapeutic interventions to support families experiencing child-to-parent abuse: process evaluation insight from the parallel lives programme” www.emerald.com/insight/cont... By Dr Gemma Morgan and Dr Joe Janes. Available on EarlyCite. Safer Communities

Food Behind Bars

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Crime and nourishment – the link between food and offending behaviour 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.

If the UK is to come close to breaking 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 theconversation.com/crime-and-no...

We know enough about brain development to know youth offending reforms probably won’t work 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.

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.

The adage ‘actions speak louder than words’ is used in this special edition to emphasise the point that there needs to be much more of a focus on how children’s participation is translated into policy and practice. 2/2

The terms child first, child participation, children’s voice, and co-production are used interchangeably with little thought as to what they mean for youth justice practice ‘on the ground’. 1/2 mmuperu.co.uk/bjcj/editori...

Many thanks to the authors/speakers for delivering insightful and engaging presentations at our participatory youth justice event yesterday, hosted by the British Journal of Community Justice. Link here to access all the papers in the special issue: mmuperu.co.uk/bjcj/volumes...

Academics need to take responsibility for the need to have imagination when it comes to criminology and we need to be bold says Prof Smithson: it’s not enough to just say “child first”

Next up Prof Hannah Smithson who sounds a note of caution: we need to look at what’s really going on behind the positive data, such as the reduction in the number of children in prison and challenge ourselves about how much we are influencing change

Power in the courtroom: Judicial perspectives on care‐experienced girls and women in court 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 ...

NEW ARTICLE. ‘Power in the Courtroom: Judicial Perspectives on Care-Experienced Girls & Women in Court’ just published – by me, Katie Hunter, @jostaines.bsky.social & Julie Shaw.

This one was a very long time in the writing and so pleased to see it out.

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Interested in the exchange of knowledge, research and ideas about children’s participation in youth justice and wider services? There's still time to register for our free online Youth Justice Research and Knowledge Exchange event today! (Wed, 27 Nov 2024 13:00) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/childrens-...

This is a great book chapter about doing criminological research with children and young people in youth justice sk.sagepub.com/books/crimin...