We are entering the run up to the next general election. Politicians are busy making their final adjustments to election manifestos. This is therefore a great moment to remind them, and all of us, of the key messages from research about what works in youth justice.
Last October, Professor Ursula Kilkenny summarised 10 key messages from research for the Probation Inspectorate’s Academic Insights series. There isn’t the space here to list them all but here are five messages for politicians.
“Offending behaviour by children should be viewed as part of adolescent development and considered in the context of the child’s social and psychological environment” – this does not mean that offending should be ignored, but it is a call for proportionate response and understanding, and an end to divisive rhetoric about children in trouble.
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