Child First
Child First? Examining children’s perspectives of their ‘effective’ collaboration in youth justice decision-making
Published: 12/12/2024
This report, published in December 2024, provides details of a Child First research project undertaken to gain a greater understanding of what children supervised by youth justice services and held in custody think about their collaboration in youth justice decision-making processes.
Child First webinar: Examining Children’s Collaboration in the Youth Justice System
Published: 24/10/2024
This webinar provides youth justice professionals with information on how to facilitate the implementation of Child First justice (especially tenet three of the vital importance of children as full collaborators in decision-making about matters affecting them) in practice in organisations across the youth justice system. During the webinar, researchers Dr Kathy Hampson, Aberystwyth University, Andrea…
Integration in youth justice services in England and Wales
Published: 02/09/2024
Youth justice services in England and Wales vary in their organisational structure. Some remain structurally separate from other teams in the local authority, while others have become more integrated. This research focused on the concept of integration; exploring how youth justice services are currently structured, what “integration” means for to service and case managers, and the advantages and challenges of different approaches.
YJB’s Child First Self-Assessment Toolkit
Published: 19/08/2024
The Child First Self-Assessment toolkit is a self-led resource which invites organisations to consider how far into the Child First journey they may be.
Promising Approaches to Knife Crime: An Explanatory Study – HM Inspectorate of Probation (May 2022)
Published: 18/07/2022
Summary: HM Inspectorate of Probation have published research on the different approaches pertaining to knife crime.
Evaluation of Child First Diversion and Alternative Out of Court Disposals – Lancashire Child First Pathfinder (May 2022)
Published: 28/05/2022
Summary: Child First Pathfinder have shared their initial evaluation and final evaluation of the Child First diversion programme completed by the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan).
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