...Rachel E. Woodward; Carol Galvin; Tara Crosbie Purpose This paper aims to explore models of youth participation within young people’s mental health services, examining barriers, facilitators and benefits, with a specific focus on their relevance to forensic child and adolescent mental health...

... a qualitative approach and reports on data gathered from participant observation and interviews with social workers in a local children’s service. Findings This paper empirically uncovers how missed opportunities for social workers to transform their role when working with justice involved children...

..., partners and participants and aimed to improve knowledge of, and change attitudes towards CL and its associated harms, including knife crime and child exploitation. Findings Knowledge and attitude changes were measured across 12 indicators, with positive changes recorded for each indicator. Perhaps...

...Sean Creaney Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore young people's experiences of youth justice supervision with particular reference to the efficacy of participatory practices. This paper is based on findings from a study concerning the extent and nature of children’s participation...

...Sean Creaney Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the benefits of participation for young offenders. It also explores some of the challenges giving young people “a say”. Design/methodology/approach – This paper reviews and critiques a number of published sources, including...

... Participation Local crime prevention Councils © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 community safety in Greece Local crime prevention councils and the partnership model in Greece* ABSTRACT This article describes the recently introduced model of participatory crime prevention in Greece...