Dr Anne-Marie Day, lecturer in criminology, Keele University
A research study, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, has found that children in care face challenges that make them more likely to receive a custodial sentence than children who have not been in care. The additional challenges continue for children in care while they are in custody and on their release.
The research team, comprising myself, Dr Tim Bateman and Professor John Pitts, both from the University of Bedfordshire, in partnership with the South and West Yorkshire Resettlement Consortium, interviewed 48 children who were either in custody or on release in the community, conducted case file searches and interviewed 19 professionals.
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