15 April 2026

Joint Enterprise: A view over time

Courts and sentencing, Prosecution, Race and ethnicity, Young adults

Open report
Joint Enterprise: A view over time

This Centre for Crime and Justice Studies report draws on two decades of data to track multi-defendant homicide prosecutions in England and Wales and the concerns they raise around fairness, youth involvement, and racial disproportionality. The findings outline a disproportionate impact on young adults, persisting racial disparities, and increasing sentence lengths.

April 2026
Joint Enterprise: A view over time

The report looks at two decades of data on joint enterprise, finding a disproportionate impact on young adults and persistent racial disparities.

September 2025
From exploited to exploiter?

This report looks at how to prevent the unjust criminalisation of victims of child criminal exploitation in the transition to adulthood.

Criminal Justice, young adults
Smaller but tougher: How the criminal justice system is processing young adults

This Centre for Crime and Justice Studies report looks at harsher outcomes experienced by young adults in the criminal justice system over time.