Research articles, reports and briefings

The materials in this section are from a variety of partners and organisations that have published articles, reports or briefings that are relevant to youth justice and can support embedding evidence in practice. 

 

If you are aware of further relevant articles, reports or briefings please let us know.  

Summary: Access to the published report by HM Inspectorate of Probation concerned with children in custody 2021-2022.      Description: HM Inspectorate of Probation has published children in custody 2021–22: an analysis of 12–18-year-olds’ perceptions of their experiences in secure training centres and young offender institutions' (January 2023) report. The report draws from the inspections of, and surveys carried out…
HM Inspectorate of Probation have published Transitional Safeguarding as part of their Academic Insights. The paper focuses on the concept of Transitional Safeguarding, which is described as ‘an approach to safeguarding adolescents and young adults fluidly across developmental stages, which builds on the best available evidence, learns from both children’s and adult safeguarding practice, and which prepares young people for…
Summary: Access to the report published by the Traveller Movement to disrupt the school to prison pipeline.      Description: The Traveller Movement have published 'Disrupting The School to Prison Pipeline: Exploring Why Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Children Experience The School to Prison Pipeline and How It Can Be Interrupted' (July 2022). The ‘school to prison pipeline’ is a term…
Summary: Access to the report produced by the Office for National Statistics in relation to understanding educational attainment and provision, social care background and demographics of looked-after children educated in England who subsequently received a custodial sentence.     Description: The Office for National Statistics has published The Education Background of Looked-After Children Who Interact With The Criminal Justice Report…
Summary: Access to the final report published by the Youth Justice Board to understand the prevention and diversion landscape across youth justice in England and Wales to support the Probation Service to consider a review of its future youth justice service funding formula.     Description: The Youth Justice Board for England and Wales has published the prevention and diversion…
Summary: The Centre for Justice Innovation have published two relevant reports in March 2021 and December 2022 that look at diversion and disparity based on ethnicity.      Description: The Centre for Justice Innovation have published children and young people’s voices on youth diversion and disparity (December 2022). A qualitative study was conducted to explore the experiences in relation to…
Summary: The Centre for Justice Innovation have published a new framework to support Police forces to respond to drug possessions.     Description: The Centre for Justice Innovation have published responding to drug possession - a new framework (August 2022). This paper sets out a comprehensive, evidence-led framework for diversion for drugs possession offences across England and Wales. It aims…
 Summary: Acess to the contextualised safeguarding report published by HM Inspectorate of Probation (2020).     Description: Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation as part of their Academic Insight series have published, Contextual Safeguarding report.  The report sets out how contextual safeguarding has changed the response of child protection systems to children at risk of significant harm in extra-familial settings and relationships. The report…
Summary: Findings and lessons from an evaluation of the piloted Case Level Ethnic Disproportionality Toolkit.     Description:  In 2014 and 2015, as part of its work to tackle ethnic disproportionality within the justice system, the Youth Justice Board developed and piloted a Case Level Ethnic Disproportionality Toolkit with 20 youth justice services.  The toolkit allowed the services to undertake…
Summary: Access to the Centre of Justice Innovation briefing about effective referral into youth diversion.   Description: The Centre for Justice Innovation have published their fifth evidence and practice briefing, ensuring effective referral into youth diversion (2021). The briefing focuses on systems for referring children and young people into diversion. It outlines the evidence base on referrals, explores good practice and…
Summary: Leaders Unlocked and the Student Commission on Racial Justice have shared their final report on racial justice.     Description: Leaders Unlocked have collaborated with the Student Commission on Racial Justice to create a report on racial justice. The Leaders Unlocked report has been co-produced by Leaders Unlocked and the Student Commissioners. It is based on evidence gathered from…
Summary: Access to a paper published by the National Association for Youth Justice that explores desistence and children in the youth justice.     Description:The National Association for Youth Justice (NAYJ) have published explaining desistance: looking forward, not backwards paper. The paper seeks to address some of these issues, first providing an overview of the risk and desistance models, and the…
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