Victims
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.
Exploring the production and utilisation of pre-sentence reports (PSRs) in the youth justice system
Published: 28/05/2024
This research project investigated the use and quality of pre-sentence reports (PSRs) in the youth justice system. The research also explored whether PSRs might contribute to racial disparity in sentencing decisions as identified by previous YJB-funded research. PSRs bring together important information about the child to help inform the court’s sentencing decision.
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