... with experience of the youth justice system, including those who support them. We also developed a programme of work with youth offending teams to deliver pathfinder projects related to diversion, a key part of the Child First principle, and to evaluate the value of lived experience in preventing...

... approaches, a focus on reparative practice with peers has been under-explored as a more child-centred model for reparation-focused work. Design/methodology/approach We draw on qualitative data from interviews and surveys undertaken with young people and parents/caregivers in a London youth offending...

... © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Integrated care Social care Youth offending Secure settings Child and adolescent mental health SECURE STAIRS There appears to be a growing consensus amongst those with experience...

... after children attending various Youth Offending Teams from the North West of England. The demographic breakdown of the children interviewed is as shown in Table I . Table I Overview of children interviewed Gender Ethnicity Age Out of area Nature of placement Male Black...

... © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Residential care Youth offending Youth justice Looked after children Foster care Narey review There has been much interest recently in the involvement of looked after children in the youth...

... practitioners with the space to do this particularly with the process being streamlined and much of the previous bureaucracy removed. Practical implications – By focusing on the introduction of the “new” anti-social behaviour measures the paper will be of use to local decision makers (i.e. Youth Offending...

... – The paper focuses specifically on the findings of a 12-month study into the introduction of “Triage” by one Youth Offending Team (YOT) in the northeast of England. Findings – Re-offending data suggested that Triage is more effective in reducing re-offending than conventional justice practices, due...

...-stigmatising support. It is an approach that is deemed to be non-criminogenic. Sean Creaney can be contacted at: sfcreaney@googlemail.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Participation Youth justice Children's rights Youth offending Children's social care Youth work...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Young people Children's rights Criminalization Diversion Participatory approaches Payment by Results Youth justice Youth offending As is now clear, there has been another rapid reversal in the pattern of interventions and disposals in youth...

... researchers, almost all of whom describe desistance as a process, rather than an event, although there remains debate about the significance of events or “turning points” within the process (Maruna, 2001, p. 25). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Desistance Young fathers Youth offending...

... have outcomes that produce similar, if culturally distinct, manifestations of youth criminality. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Gangs Sub‐cultures Youth offending youth gangs Gangs, guns and ghettoes: a view from abroad ABSTRACT This article examines research on the socio-economic changes...