Greater Manchester Youth Justice University Partnership (last accessed 2018)

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Resources relating to Greater Manchester Youth Justice University Partnership and academic partnerships.

Description:

The Greater Manchester Youth Justice University Partnership (GMYJUP) brings together academics from Manchester Metropolitan University, practitioners and management from Greater Manchester Youth Justice Services and the Youth Justice Board to form an innovative model of collaboration in the field of youth justice.

Established in 2014, GMYJUP- collaborative approach has resulted in ground-breaking research to develop effective youth justice practice, increasingly making Greater Manchester a beacon region for excellence in youth justice research, policy and practice.

GMYJUP initiatives include:
Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP): Set up to facilitate the bi-directional transfer of knowledge and expertise between academia and practice, this project was the first of its kind in the field of youth justice. The two-year research project engaged young people in the development of creative approaches to manage their behaviour, giving them a voice in the dialogue around how youth justice services should operate and involving them in youth justice service redevelopment. 
Participatory Youth Practice (PYP): GMYJUP have developed an evidence-based, research-informed framework of youth justice practice through co-creation and participatory research with young people in Greater Manchester. It uses young people- lived experiences to propose a new approach to youth justice that is not only created by young people, for young people, but is supported by academic theory and research evidence. The framework is a practical resource to support youth justice practitioners, with eight youth-led principles with practitioner resources and session guides to support their application in practice. You can watch a video introducing these principles here,  and download the session resources from here.

Out of Court Framework: GMYJUP have used their Participatory Youth Practice (PYP) framework to underpin a new approach to pre-court cases. Using the eight youth-led principles, this framework engages with the Police to take a problem-solving approach to out-of-court work in a youth justice setting. This new approach is already being piloted in Greater Manchester. You can download the out-of-court framework here.