Your guide to the care system

This guide provides young adults with advice and information to help them navigate the care system. Publisher: Young Justice Advisors…

T2A response to the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities: call for evidence April 2021

Maturity in the magistrates’ court: Magistrates, young adults and maturity considerations in decision-making and sentencing

“Polluted the entire bloodline” – A spotlight on the experiences of young Muslim women in the criminal justice system

…the community. Sometimes the ramifications of having committed an offence in the UK are that word will travel back to Somalia or Pakistan or India or Bangladesh. That’s how far…

Making sense of maturity: a snapshot of how probation practitioners used T2A’s ‘Taking account of maturity’ practice guide between 2013 and 2015

How useful did probation practitioners find T2A’s ‘Taking account of maturity practice guide’? Did it help probation practitioners to design successful interventions? This report examines how the University of Birmingham…

Sentencing Young Adults: Getting it right

What could sentencers better understand about young adults in the criminal justice system? With an analysis of the current situation and arguments the need to change the approach, this briefing…

Why Prioritise Young Adults? Four key messages for Police and Crime Commissioners

Can Police and Crime Commissioners commission services that’s more effective for young adults? This report brings together research and practice to demonstrate what works and how reoffending rates can be…

Improving responses to young adults: A checklist for Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs)

What can police and crime commissioners (PCCs) do to address the housing, mental health and substance misuse needs of young adults who come into contact with the CJS? This report…

Integrated Offender Management Cymru All Wales Youth to Adult Transition Model

…to recognise that young adults are a distinct group, plus the need for improved inter-agency cooperation, service design and understanding on how to support clients transitioning from youth to adult…

“There’s a level of ignorance, a not wanting to understand” – Raising Awareness of Acquired Brain Injury (ABI)

…my balance, memory, complex planning, judgement. I have issues with filtering inappropriate comments. When I’m fatigued or when I’m tired from sleep deprivation, they’re all enhanced. “When I’m very tired,…

Restorative Justice for Young Adults: Factoring in maturity and facilitating desistance

Can a restorative justice process encourage desistance and motivate young adult offenders? This report examines how to encourage personal responsibility and relationship-building and brings together evidence from existing sources as…

Young Adults in Custody: The way forward

What can we learn from the custody arrangements other countries make for young adults? With an analysis of policies in England and Wales, and reference to Swedish and Russian systems,…