T2A response to Sentencing Council consultation on Expanded Explanations in Sentencing Guidelines May 2019

Why is the Criminal Justice System Failing Young Adults?

Why is our criminal justice system out of step with cultural and social norms of transitions to adulthood? This report finds that 18 to 24 year-olds represent a third of…

Spark Inside

…engagement with law enforcement and criminal justice processes. The aim of the project will be to advocate for tailored programmes to enhance the wellbeing of young men and specifically young…

University of Salford 

…to reduce re-offending.  This project will translate the  Beyond Youth Custody (BYC) ‘identity lens’ framework designed for under-18s to working with under-25s and ‘operationalise’ it for the specific context of…

The Sentencing Academy 

…young adults in mind and an early study found that young adults (between the ages of 17 and 25) accounted for most cases. In its 2020 White Paper the Government…

United Kingdom Acquired Brain Injury Forum (UKABIF)

Supporting Transitions to Adult Services in the CJS for young people with acquired brain injuries To improve support for young people (aged 17-25) with acquired brain injuries making the transition…

Khulisa

…of work. The proposed programme of work is new but is complemented by the existing relationship it has with the office of the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner. Khulisa…

KeyRing Living Support Networks

Young adults with learning difficulties in the CJS KeyRing carried out research to better understand the experiences of young adults with learning difficulties in the criminal justice system. Initial Project…

The National Autistic Society 

…Project Outline: Building on what NAS has learnt about the challenges faced by people with autism in prisons, this project will identify and examine the gaps in knowledge to enable…

JUSTICE

…examine the causes of BAME disproportionality in the Youth Justice System (YJS) of England and Wales. It will make practical recommendations with a view to reducing that disproportionality. In addition,…

WhyMe? UK 

…Local Authorities and Police and Crime Commissioners.  Why Me? will warm up the territory so that the probation commissioning framework, which lists restorative justice as one of its 12 themes,…