Understanding barriers to Restorative Justice for young people, young adults and victims of crime

Why me? investigate the barriers preventing the wider use of Restorative Justice for young people and young adults. Publisher: Why me?…

Evidence review diverting young adults away from the cycle of crisis and crime

Time for Change: Acquired Brain Injury and Young Adults Involved in The Criminal Justice System

This report explores the experiences of young adults with an Acquired Brain Injury in the criminal justice system. Publisher: UKABIF Author: Gemma Buckland…

Young Justice Advisors: Learning from young adults, June 2022

Collaborating with young adult men and women, both in prison and community settings, this Young Justice Advisors report explores young adults’ experiences in the criminal justice and care system. It…

The Use of Deferred Sentencing in England and Wales. A Review of Law, Guidance and Research

…Wales and asks whether courts could make greater use of the power to defer sentencing. Publisher: Sentencing Academy Authors: Prof. Julian V. Roberts, Dr Elaine Freer, and Dr Jonathan Bild…

KeyRing – Fairer Justice For All

KeyRing explores the experiences of young people with learning difficulties and autism in the criminal justice system – with a primary focus on the transition from Youth Justice to Adult…

We’ve not given up: young women surviving the criminal justice system. Full report.

This report is about girls and young women aged 17 to 25 years old in contact with the criminal justice system. In particular, it highlights the experiences of Black, Asian…

Improving Wellbeing; Reducing Violence

A review and feasibility study into services for young people – specifically those who lack access to service and who have experienced adverse childhood experiences – in Birmingham and West…

Young women’s education in prison

This report from Prisoners’ Education Trust (PET) demonstrates the powerful role education plays for young women in prison and on release. Publisher: Prisoners’ Education Trust Author: Katy Swaine Williams…

Broke but not broken. What the academic literature and young adults tell us about the interplay between poverty, inequality and repeat contact with policing

How do we recognise the impact of poverty on 18-25-year-olds who encounter the criminal justice system? The contribution of young people to this report, through peer-led qualitative research, provides insight…

The Young Review: Improving outcomes for young black and/or Muslim men in the criminal justice system

…that previous efforts to challenge discrimination had been ineffectual. It argued that agencies, organisations and companies involved in rehabilitation need to acknowledge the role of racism and discrimination in their…

Problem-solving courts in the West Midlands: A feasibility study