Research and Evaluation
The materials in this section are published articles, reports, briefings and evaluation analysis that are relevant to youth justice and can support embedding evidence in practice.
Developmental Language Disorders and Risk of Recidivism Among Young Offenders – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (2021)
Published: 11/02/2022
Summary: The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry have published a paper concerned with the impact of developmental language disorders and the risk of recidivism in children involved in the youth justice.
Follow-on evaluation of Sandwell Youth Offending Service – A Creative Approach to Working with Young People – Sandwell Youth Offending Service (August 2021)
Published: 10/11/2021
Summary: Sandwell Youth Offending Service have shared the evaluation of their creative approach to working with children in their service.
Relationship Between Care Status and Child Incarceration: A Literature Review – University of Bedfordshire (2018)
Published: 04/10/2021
Summary: The University of Bedfordshire have published a literature review concerned with the relationship between care status and children going into custody.
‘Punishing Abuse’ Report – West Midlands Combined Authority (March 2021)
Published: 29/09/2021
Summary: Access to the ‘Punishing Abuse’ report which looks at the lives of 80 children that are involved in the criminal justice system.
County Lines Pathfinder Annual Report 2020-2021 – County Lines Pathfinder Project (August 2021)
Published: 15/09/2021
Summary: The annual report from the County Lines Pathfinder summarises the aims, progress and challenges faced by the project.
Serious Youth Violence Interim Evaluation Report – West Midlands Pathfinder (April 2021)
Published: 13/09/2021
Summary: An interim evaluation summary and report of the West Midlands Pathfinder work in relation to working effectively with parents and carers.
Cambridgeshire Safer Relationships for Exploited Children Team – County Lines Pathfinder (updated April 2022)
Published: 31/03/2021
Summary: Access to information and evaluation of the Safer Relationships for Exploited Children Team Project (SAFE) for children to the service and who are at moderate or significant risk of criminal exploitation.
Child First Justice: The Research Evidence-Base – Loughborough University (March 2021)
Published: 31/03/2021
Summary: Access to the Loughborough University report ‘Exploring Child First Justice and Evidence Base’.
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