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

…inequalities and looks at how diversion schemes, relationship building and addressing mental health needs can help young people, their families and communities and prevent issues escalating. Publisher: T2A Author: Bennett…

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…

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…

Sharing the Learning – The Drug and Alcohol Transitions Project for Young Adults in Derby City

This report looks at trends in drug use and drinking by 16-24-year-olds in Derby City, and how a project was created to support them which included community outreach work, individual…

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…

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

Why is the experience of young Black and Muslim men in the Criminal Justice System so negative and what can be done to address ongoing disproportionality? The Young Review found…

Outcomes for young adults in custody: A thematic review by HM Inspectorate of Prisons January 2021

Joint Barrow Cadbury, Clinks and EQUAL response to the Justice Select Committee’s inquiry into Children and Young People in Custody, October 2019

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

Found in Transition? Local Inter-Agency Systems for Guiding Young Adults into Better Lives

What do pilot studies into engaging with young adults to take up services tell us about how young people can avoid involvement in offending? In a sample of 29 case…

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…