The Youth Justice Board for England and Wales has recently published a working guide offering advice on the setting up a university/youth offending team (YOT) partnership.
The document draws on findings from research with universities and YOTs about their experiences of joining forces. It covers the key ingredients and principles of a successful partnership, offers a sort of "how to" guide regarding setting up partnership working arrangements, and includes useful advice on resource requirements/implications. There are also case studies of existing YOT/academic partnerships.
In terms of the benefits of joining forces, universities can bring academic research and theory to those working in youth justice services and allow practitioners access to expert advice and training. This might be with lectures on emerging issues in youth justice such as the application of desistance theory, which moves towards building an offender plan based on the existing positives in an offender's life rather than just using offence-focused activities.
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