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Desistance Approaches in Youth Justice - the Next Passing Fad or a Sea-change for the Positive?

Tuesday, October 30, 2018

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This research examines how well the strengths-based desistance approach in youth justice has been rolled out in practice and makes suggestions for areas of improvement.

The State of Youth Justice 2020

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Tuesday, November 24, 2020

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A focus on two themes in in the contemporary youth justice system: "Race and criminalisation" and "Child first approach".

Contested Vulnerability: A Case Study of Girls in Secure Care

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Tuesday, October 30, 2018

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This ethnographic study in a secure unit in England explored girls' concepts of vulnerability. It argues that by conflating childhood and vulnerability, the unit disenfranchises girls from services that are designed to help them.

Therapeutic Interventions for Peace

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Tuesday, November 24, 2020

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Power The Fight’s report details recommendations for improvement of therapeutic services in London, that have arisen from qualitative and quantitative research data from young respondents, families and professionals.

Towards a Contextual Response to Peer-on-Peer Abuse: Research and Resources From MsUnderstood Local Site Work 2013-2016

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Monday, July 29, 2019

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This report presents findings and resources from a three-year review exploring contextual safeguarding responses to children's experiences of "peer-on-peer" abuse.

‘It’s a no-win scenario, either the police or a gang will get you’ Young People and Organised Crime – Vulnerable or Criminal?

Research

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

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Much of recent media coverage concerning young people has been on issues related to violence and crime, with knife-crime, child sexual exploitation and county lines especially high on the agenda.

Unlocking the Facts: Young People Referred to Secure Children’s Homes

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Tuesday, January 26, 2021

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There are 22 secure children’s homes across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Young people can be placed in a secure children’s home via the criminal justice system. They may also be placed in a secure home due to concerns they pose a serious risk to others or cannot be kept safe in the community. If a place is not found, young people are placed in alternative accommodation sourced and provided by their local authority, which can include less-secure residential children’s homes, foster care and unregulated placements.

AssetPlus Outcome Evaluation

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Tuesday, October 25, 2022

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AssetPlus is the Youth Justice Board’s (YJB) assessment and interventions planning framework and is based on a desistance-centred approach to youth justice, which aims to reduce offending behaviour.

That Difficult Age: Developing a More Effective Response to Risks in Adolescence

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Monday, July 29, 2019

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Drawing on evidence from research and practice, this paper breaks down the understanding of risk in adolescence into a set of principles designed to encourage an "adolescent-centred" approach to supporting young people.

Implementing Trauma and Grief Component Therapy for Adolescents and Think Trauma for Traumatized Youth in Secure Juvenile Justice Settings

Research

Tuesday, October 30, 2018

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This study investigates the impact of implementing trauma informed interventions in juvenile justice settings in the USA.

Long-Term Recidivism Risk of Young Sexual Offenders in England and Wales

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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

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How the risks posed by juvenile sex offenders change over time.

Tackling youth violence: research evidence

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Tuesday, October 26, 2021

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Peter Henderson, the Youth Endowment Fund’s head of toolkit, on why the organisation has created a resource summarising the best research on different approaches to preventing serious youth violence.

Living Through a Lockdown: Reflections and Recommendations from Young People at Risk of Serious Violence

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Tuesday, November 24, 2020

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Standing Committee for Youth Justice members Street Doctors, Redthread and MAC-UK have published a report that documents the experiences of children and young people at risk of, or involved in, serious violence during the lockdown, highlighting the lack of support available at a time of distress, confusion and grief.

Relocation, Relocation, Relocation: Home and School-Moves For Children Affected by Extra-Familial Risks During Adolescence

Research

Monday, July 29, 2019

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This paper explores the practice of moving children out of their neighbourhoods to protect them from risks such as sexual exploitation, serious youth violence and exploitation by county lines gangs, and examines the extent to which this achieves safeguarding of children.

Preventing Youth Offending: Research evidence

Research

Tuesday, August 2, 2016

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Four studies on: Learning disability nursing; Risk, promotive and protective factors; Restorative justice-based practices; and Reinventing Diversion

Keeping Kids Safe: Improving Safeguarding Responses to Gang Violence and Criminal Exploitation

Research

Monday, July 29, 2019

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This report by the Children's Commissioner for England, Anne Longfield, investigates what it means to be a child gang member in England. In it, she states that gang exploitation is currently not adequately understood, identified, prioritised or responded to.

Ecological Youth Justice: Understanding the Social Ecology of Young People's Prolific Offending

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Tuesday, October 30, 2018

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This study considers the work of youth offending teams (YOT) with repeat offenders. It advocates using a strengths-based, rather than a risk-based, approach to enable young people's positive development and reduce offending.

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Desistance Approaches in Youth Justice - the Next Passing Fad or a Sea-change for the Positive?

The State of Youth Justice 2020

Contested Vulnerability: A Case Study of Girls in Secure Care

Therapeutic Interventions for Peace

Towards a Contextual Response to Peer-on-Peer Abuse: Research and Resources From MsUnderstood Local Site Work 2013-2016

‘It’s a no-win scenario, either the police or a gang will get you’ Young People and Organised Crime – Vulnerable or Criminal?

Unlocking the Facts: Young People Referred to Secure Children’s Homes

AssetPlus Outcome Evaluation

That Difficult Age: Developing a More Effective Response to Risks in Adolescence

Implementing Trauma and Grief Component Therapy for Adolescents and Think Trauma for Traumatized Youth in Secure Juvenile Justice Settings

Long-Term Recidivism Risk of Young Sexual Offenders in England and Wales

Tackling youth violence: research evidence

Living Through a Lockdown: Reflections and Recommendations from Young People at Risk of Serious Violence

Relocation, Relocation, Relocation: Home and School-Moves For Children Affected by Extra-Familial Risks During Adolescence

Preventing Youth Offending: Research evidence

Keeping Kids Safe: Improving Safeguarding Responses to Gang Violence and Criminal Exploitation

Ecological Youth Justice: Understanding the Social Ecology of Young People's Prolific Offending

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