Supporting young adults in the criminal justice system – how prison staff are making change happen

…a screening tool to identify young adult males in custody and probation who have not yet reached full maturity. The Choices and Changes resource pack has been developed to be…

Pathway Framework

…Sentencing T2A recommends that probation services complete pre-sentence reports on all young adults. Learn more Community Sentences T2A recommends probation services develop young adult teams and work with the voluntary…

T2A Chair Leroy Logan MBE responds to Alex Chalk’s recent statement

…short custodial sentences the creation of distinct young adult community sentences will be developed. Such initiatives are crucial for young adults to reach their potential and move away from crime…

Pilot projects

…by Catch22, 2012, found that distinct approaches can improve outcomes for young adults. Catch 22 followed a group of young adults involved in the pilots for six months. It found…

The Police Foundation 

…forces (with a third to be completed in the coming months). PF worked with Sussex police to understand how they could extend youth diversion practices to 18-25s. With Thames Valley…

T2A memo for Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill Committee 2021

T2A Chair Leroy Logan MBE reflects on report highlighting racial disparities

…Hughes and Todd Hartman, also highlighted the widely varying rates of court appearances across England and Wales. In 2017-18, 8.4 per one thousand young adults in Devon and Cornwall made…

What’s changed five years after the landmark Lammy Review?

…we must continue to create accessible resources and tools that enable them to do so. According to the Ministry of Justice’s statistics, over 40% of 18-24 year olds in custody…

The Howard League for Penal Reform

…is the oldest penal reform charity in the world. The Howard League for Penal Reform campaigns for less crime, safer communities, fewer people in prison. Since 2002, the Howard League…

Image Policy

Image Policy The majority of the images on this website have been sourced from Pexels.com. Please note that the use of any of these images does not imply that the…

Better in Europe? European responses to young adult offending

This briefing explains how most European justice systems accept that age should be reflected in criminal justice decision-making, and that employing a more tolerant approach to juvenile offenders is justified…

Centre for Crime and Justice Studies

…is a risk that young adults are both underserved in terms of the priorities and resources of local violence reduction agencies, and over criminalised by recent legislative developments and approaches.…