...David Porteous; Anthony Goodman Purpose This study aims to present the findings from an ongoing evaluation of a partnership project between a youth justice service and an independent charity that supports the involvement of children with lived experience of youth justice services in work...

...Naomi Thompson; Meghan Spacey Purpose This paper aims to explore how peer support can support a combined Child First, trauma-informed and restorative approach for youth justice. While other scholars have identified clashes between these approaches, particularly between Child First and restorative...

... to co-production practice, but structural and cultural barriers persist when working with justice involved children. This study investigates the sociocultural context of Hong Kong to expand critical knowledge of co-production in youth justice. Design/methodology/approach This paper uses...

... system can help improve the trauma-informed and gender responsiveness of interventions across practice settings. The authors highlight that exploring gendered differences in narratives of youth violence is necessary and seeking lived experiences of youth justice young people is instructive to academia...

...Andrew Day; Catia Malvaso; Luke Butcher; Joanne O'Connor; Katherine McLachlan Purpose Recent years have seen significant policy and practice interest in how to best respond to the impact of childhood maltreatment and adversity on young people’s contact with youth justice systems. In Australia...

... a participatory culture in youth justice practice. Design/methodology/approach This viewpoint paper will critically evaluate the relational power of experiential peers. Particular attention will be paid to the key components of relational practices by reflecting on ways to enhance the voice of the child...

...Stephen Case; Charlie E. Sutton; Joanne Greenhalgh; Mark Monaghan; Judy Wright Purpose This study aims to examine the extent to which “What Works” reviews in youth justice enable understanding of the features of effectiveness (what works, for whom, in what circumstances and why?) specified...

... 2021 29 03 2021 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2021 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Youth justice Child Secure estate Young offender institutions Child custody Identity Sense of self Institutional identity Concerns about the incarceration...

... Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Youth justice COVID-19 Children in custody Child incarceration Young offender Young offender institution Concerns about children in prison in England and Wales have been growing in recent years. Publications have drawn attention to concerns...

... 2020 19 08 2020 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2020 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Youth justice Collaboration Resettlement Imprisonment Practice improvement Systemic practice Establishing Communities of Practice (CoPs) in Youth Justice Settings...

...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...

... collaboration is to be achieved and how it can be sustained when there is uncertainty about the future direction of youth justice policy and most of the agencies and organisations involved are subject to severe financial constraints poses a challenge to resettlement professionals. We have no easy answers...

...Anne-Marie Day Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess the early findings of research which aims to hear the voice of looked after children about their pathways into offending and subsequent entry into the youth justice system, and the implications that this may have for policy and practice...

... after and becoming involved in the youth justice system. The Narey review emphasises on the role of early adversity in looked after children’s offending behaviour but minimises the significance of experiences during and after care, and downplays the effect of policies and practices that may exacerbate...

... and subsequent policy developments, and may be useful for policy makers, practitioners in children’s social care and youth justice, and the police. Katy Swaine Williams can be contacted at: katy.swainewilliams@prisonreformtrust.org.uk 31 01 2017 28 02 2017 29 03 2017 29 03 2017...

...Graham Smyth and Gareth Jones; Gareth Jones; Sean Creaney Purpose – The purpose of the paper is twofold. First it examines the use of restorative practices in the Youth Justice System. Second the paper seeks to critically assess the benefits of Restorative Justice (RJ) at the pre-sentence stage...

...Gary Manders Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of moral conversations (MCs) within the context of youth justice as a potential resource for the process of change towards desisting from crime among a group of young offenders. It is centred on engagement...

.... Dr Roger Hopkins-Burke can be contacted at: roger.hopkins-burke@ntu.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Anti-social behaviour Youth justice Coalition government Naming and shaming New Labour government Radical moral communitarianism Youth crime Youth offending...

... inequality, poverty and social injustice. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Social exclusion Social democracy Neo-liberalism Young people English riots of 2011 Youth exclusion Youth justice The Children's Society (2011) draw on perspectives linked to hedonistic desires (self...

...Stephen Case Purpose – The paper presents and discusses the findings of a Strategic Insight Programme placement that explored the Youth Justice Board for Wales (YJB Cymru), a division of the YJB for England and Wales since the abolition of the regional structure in April 2012. The focus...