Read my new chapter with Prof Steve Case 'Participation in youth justice research: involving children in the telling of their own stories' in the 'Research Handbook on Youth Criminology' available here: www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/b...

Consider signing this petition to get legal education into schools (primary schools, before they turn 10, such is the outrageous age of criminal responsibility here), as they currently have very little petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71... (Also, article hopefully surfacing soon on this!)

We are excited to share our practitioner pack (for all agencies involved youth justice) from our recently concluded Nuffield funded project on Child First collaboration yjresourcehub.uk/practitioner... @nuffieldfoundation.org @nayouthjustice.bsky.social @theayj.bsky.social. Please share!

A special issue of Societies Journal: Youth Justice: Social Policy, Social Work and Practice www.mdpi.com/journal/soci... @drkathyhampson.bsky.social

Youth justice stats - some don't look good...increases in offending after custody, increases of custody use (is this due to knife crime policies?), still too many children remanded (62% don't then get custody), still too much disproportionality tinyurl.com/3t5syrnv

Five reasons to abolish short-term custodial sentences for children Abolishing Detention and Training Orders is the key to meaningful #decarceration according to Kathy Hampson and Anne-Marie Day. www.russellwebster.com/five-reasons...

Read our blog here on why Detention and Training Orders should be abolished www.russellwebster.com/five-reasons... kindly hosted by Russell Webster, with @anne-marieday.bsky.social #youthjustice #ChildFirst #criminology Let's have a conversation!

Hi everyone, to kick off my maiden post please read our newly published paper in the BJC which argues for the abolition of all short term custodial sentences for children, and presents an alternative, viable, cost effective model @drkathyhampson.bsky.social academic.oup.com/bjc/advance-...

Read our new open access article in the British Journal of Criminology proposing a realistic route to decarceration for children in England & Wales academic.oup.com/bjc/advance-... @theayj.bsky.social @nayouthjustice.bsky.social @aberuni.bsky.social @prifaber.bsky.social Read and share!