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.
YOT Talk: Examining the Communicative Influences on Children’s Engagement with Youth Justice Assessment Processes Paper – European Journal of Criminology (March 2021)
Published: 31/03/2021
Summary: An article, full report and toolkit examining the communicative influences on children’s engagement with youth justice assessment processes paper that considers the evidence base analysis of communication influences on children’s engagement in the youth justice system.
ACE and Trauma-Informed Approaches in Youth Justice Services in Wales: An Evaluation of the Implementation of the ECM project – Bangor University (March 2021)
Published: 18/03/2021
Summary: A report, executive summary and presentation in relation to the evaluation of ACE and trauma informed approaches in youth justice services in Wales.
Explaining Desistance: Looking Forward, Not Backwards Paper – The National Association for Youth Justice (February 2021)
Published: 11/03/2021
Summary: Access to a paper published by the National Association for Youth Justice that explores desistence and children in the youth justice system.
Ensuring Effective Referral into Youth Diversion Briefing – Centre for Justice Innovation (January 2021)
Published: 04/03/2021
Summary: Access to the Centre of Justice Innovation briefing about effective referral into youth diversion.
Child arrests in England and Wales 2019, Research briefing – Howard League for Penal Reform (January 2021)
Published: 25/01/2021
Summary: A link to Howard League for Penal Reform research briefing concerned with child arrests in England and Wales in 2019.
Annual report: Inspection of Youth Offending Services (2019-2020) – HMIP (November 2020)
Published: 10/12/2020
Summary: Link to HMIP’s annual report concerning overview of youth justice service inspections through 2019 to 2020.
Therapeutic Intervention for Peace Report – Power the Fight (September 2020)
Published: 25/11/2020
Summary: Access to the the report from Power the Fight concerned which showing the experiences of children, families and practitioners around effectiveness of therapeutic responses to violence.
Evaluation of Sector-Led Peer Assessments in Youth Justice – Youth Justice Sector Improvement Partnership (2019)
Published: 12/11/2020
Summary: An evaluation of sector-led peer assessments in youth justice.
Disproportionality Project, Evaluation Report – Islington and Haringey youth justice services (October 2020)
Published: 02/10/2020
Summary: Youth justice services have produced an evaluation for a programme designed to tackle key issues in regards to disproportionality of ethnic minority (including White minority) children in the Criminal Justice System in Islington and Haringey services.
Young Advisors Report: Experience of Children of the Criminal Justice System – Leaders Unlocked (July 2020)
Published: 14/08/2020
Summary: Link to Young Advisors Report, published in 2020 produced by Leaders Unlocked which identifies some of the experiences of children that have been through the criminal justice system.
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