Knowledge partnerships in youth justice Sean Creaney and Jayne Price highlight the purpose, value and functioning of knowledge partnerships in youth justice for HMI Probation. www.russellwebster.com/knowledge-pa...

April British Society of Criminology (BSC) Book Draw - 'Knowledge and Skills Partnerships in Youth Justice'. Thank you to the BSC, and Routledge for supporting the draw. BSC members email '[email protected]' to enter. Closes 30 April. Full info www.britsoccrim.org/book-draw-2/

Important HMCIS/HIS review about children held in police custody. @cycjscotland.bsky.social research found that police custody was the most distressing aspect of a child's journey though the justice system shorturl.at/yLG4h BBC News - Children held too long in police cells shorturl.at/c2h53

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

New paper alert! Published in the Youth Justice Journal, I explore the views of Resettlement Officers in YOIs and the range of barriers they face when implementing Constructive Resettlement approaches. ROs described feeling isolated and invisible 👇 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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-...

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...

Problematising the potentials of music programs to address Australia’s youth justice policy problems Alexis Anja Kallio www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

"This book is the first to bring together academics and professionals in youth justice to examine the benefits of exchanging their knowledge and practice." - Professor Raymond Arthur, Northumbria University www.routledge.com/Knowledge-an... @rmooreresearch.bsky.social @drkathyhampson.bsky.social

Hundreds of incarcerated folks are fighting fires in California— earning between $5.80 and $10.24 per *day* plus $1 per hour during active emergencies. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Editorial: Children’s participation in youth justice: Actions speak louder than words. research.edgehill.ac.uk/en/publicati...

Calling all comms and engagement experts📣 We have a fantastic opportunity for you to make a difference for children & young people in conflict with the law. £36,924–£45,163 | Glasgow | Fixed Term (till Mar 2026) Apply by Jan 5 | Interviews: Jan 14 🔗 Details: lnkd.in/eixW-MUa #CommunicationsJob

Transforming the Balance of Power? Child First Collaboration: A Conceptual Analysis www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/14...

Three babies committed speeding offences, Garda system shows www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...

‘It’s a sixth sense...I see you, you see me, and we’ve been there’: Benefits and challenges of developing a peer mentoring scheme with young people in youth justice services mmuperu.co.uk/bjcj/wp-cont...

New Publication: "The Rehabilitation Industry: Lived Experience and Performance" (10min read) Andi Brierley & I explore our observations of what we describe as a Rehabilitation Industry and reflect on our roles within it We pose tough questions for all CJS stakeholders—read & join the discussion!

📢We've been awarded a huge UK research fellowship #UKRIFLF to study how lived experience leaders imagine the future of criminal justice🎉If you have ideas, get in touch www.chester.ac.uk/about/news/a...

NEW article: “Understanding the importance of therapeutic interventions to support families experiencing child-to-parent abuse: process evaluation insight from the parallel lives programme” www.emerald.com/insight/cont... By Dr Gemma Morgan and Dr Joe Janes. Available on EarlyCite. Safer Communities

If the UK is to come close to breaking the cycle of reoffending, it needs to meet the basic needs of young people in prison and respect the basic human right of adequate nutrition theconversation.com/crime-and-no...

The brains of young people are developing until about age 25, limiting their ability to make rational decisions and control impulses. Youth justice policies that ignore this risk failure.

The terms child first, child participation, children’s voice, and co-production are used interchangeably with little thought as to what they mean for youth justice practice ‘on the ground’. 1/2 mmuperu.co.uk/bjcj/editori...

Many thanks to the authors/speakers for delivering insightful and engaging presentations at our participatory youth justice event yesterday, hosted by the British Journal of Community Justice. Link here to access all the papers in the special issue: mmuperu.co.uk/bjcj/volumes...

Academics need to take responsibility for the need to have imagination when it comes to criminology and we need to be bold says Prof Smithson: it’s not enough to just say “child first”

Next up Prof Hannah Smithson who sounds a note of caution: we need to look at what’s really going on behind the positive data, such as the reduction in the number of children in prison and challenge ourselves about how much we are influencing change

NEW ARTICLE. ‘Power in the Courtroom: Judicial Perspectives on Care-Experienced Girls & Women in Court’ just published – by me, Katie Hunter, @jostaines.bsky.social & Julie Shaw. This one was a very long time in the writing and so pleased to see it out. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Interested in the exchange of knowledge, research and ideas about children’s participation in youth justice and wider services? There's still time to register for our free online Youth Justice Research and Knowledge Exchange event today! (Wed, 27 Nov 2024 13:00) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/childrens-...

This is a great book chapter about doing criminological research with children and young people in youth justice sk.sagepub.com/books/crimin...

Sharing the foreword from our new book - Stockdale & Addison 'Marginalised Voices in Criminology' routledge.com/Marginalised... written by Rona Epstein and Steve Tombs on behalf of the Alliance 'Is it a Crime to be Poor?' crimetobepoor.org

There's still time to register for our free online Youth Justice Research and Knowledge Exchange event next week! Wed, 27 Nov 2024 13:00 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/childrens-...

The Institute of Criminology is advertising the position of an Associate Professor to lead the Master of Studies (MSt) programme in Applied Criminology, Penology & Management. This is a part-time role on a fixed-term basis for three years. Further information here: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49313/

🌟Challenging Justice Inequalities🌟 Work with children in conflict with the law? Friday afternoon is not the time to start a new task! Instead please take a few minutes to complete (or share) our practitioner survey about protected characteristics and intersectionality www.tinyurl.com/yt8dajj6

If you research data from the Crime Survey for England and Wales, you might want to present it at the Crime Surveys User Conference in March. Always lots of interesting presentations!. #UKDSCrime25

New #publication with colleagues Tatiana Corrales, Ian Warren, Patricia McNamara on 'Impact of trauma and placement in residential or congregate care on the criminalisation of children in England/Wales and Australia' www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #youthjustice #socialcare #justice

We are looking for a new colleague. Lecturer in Social Science (Fixed-Term, Maternity Cover) at Bournemouth University. Please spread the word. #Criminology #Sociology www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKS585/l...

There's still time to register for our free online Youth Justice Research and Knowledge Exchange event next week! Wed, 27 Nov 2024 13:00 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/childrens-...

Although girls make up less than 2% of the youth estate, they are often highly vulnerable and have multiple complex needs. Official figures seen by the Howard League for Penal Reform one week ago revealed that girls were involved in 55% of all self-harm incidents. howardleague.org/news/howard-...

Collaboration is one of the major tenets of Child First justice and yet is proving problematic in its application across the sector, especially where children are compelled through court orders to engage with interventions, creating inevitable power imbalances. www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/14...

Please join us at the NAYJ 2024 Annual Seminar on 28 November at Manchester Hall. We have a wonderful line-up of speakers and the link to the tickets here www.ticketsource.co.uk/natonal-asso.... #youthjustice

THREAD: It's #prisonersweek in Scotland, so here's a thread on #howprisonsilences people in prison and why that's a problem for rehabilitation and democracy. To make it easy, each silencing mechanism begins with a 'D'.

‘Young people are more likely to perform worse at school and be involved in crime due to “austerity-induced” youth club closures over the last 14 years, a report has found’ www.cypnow.co.uk/content/news...

‘Vitamin D is normally obtained through exposure of our skin to the sun. It is recommended that everyone should take a supplement of vitamin D during the winter months (October to March), as there is insufficient UV light for our bodies to manufacture vitamin D’. theconversation.com/why-covid-ma...

Register for our free online event! We're thrilled to announce the launch of the Special Issue titled "Children’s Participation in Youth Justice: Actions Speak Louder Than Words" in The British Journal of Community Justice. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/childrens-...

Embracing children’s Voices: Transforming Youth Justice Practice Through Co-production and Child First Participation

Our edited collection ‘Marginalised Voices in Criminology’ is out now via Routledge www.routledge.com/Marginalised...

Shift the balance of power in youth justice. www.cypnow.co.uk/content/anal...

Theory and practice of co-production and co-creation in #Youth #Justice – part 2. Explore the research here bit.ly/44choWY

Part 1: Theory and practice of co-production and participatory approaches in #youth #justice. View the guest editorial and research here bit.ly/40lOP7R

Child First approach and the principles that underpin meaningful co-production. www.cycj.org.uk/resource/inf...

Desistance through participatory practice: involving children in decision-making processes in youth justice. bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/edcollchap-o...