Young Adult and No Support: The entitlements of young adults to care in the community

What can agencies do to co-operate and invest resources most effectively to support young people? The focus of this handbook for professionals is on entitlements of care leaves and vulnerable…

T2A submission to the Home Affairs Select Committee inquiry on Serious Violence, August 2018

A fairer way: procedural fairness for young adults at court

…test new approaches to cases of young adult defendants in criminal courts in England and Wales. It identifies significant areas of the system that have failed to recognise young adults’…

T2A Final Process Evaluation Report

…criminal justice system. The evaluation established an evidence base for the T2A projects (supporting delivery organisations with data collection and research methods), to demonstrate effective interventions and measure the impact…

T2A Response to Labour Policy Forum – Justice and Home Affairs Policy Commission Call for Evidence, June 2019

Creating developmentally appropriate responses to young adults at risk of, or involved in, offending: 10 things for Police and Crime Commissioners to include in their Policing and Crime Plans

Stolen Lives and Missed Opportunities: The deaths of young adults and children in prison

What needs to happen to reduce the number of self-inflicted deaths by young people in custody? This report analyses deaths of young people in custody over the past three decades,…

Traumatic brain injury and offending – An economic analysis

…can lead to impaired judgement, reduced impulse control, and increased aggressiveness, which could lead to criminal activity. It argues that having a head injury increases the risk of offending by…

Policing Young Adults: A scoping study

How can the issues that influence encounters between the police and young adults be identified? This study draws on interviews with young adults, police officers and policy experts, to focus…

Policing Young Adults: A scoping study 

How can the issues that influence encounters between the police and young adults be identified? This study draws on interviews with young adults, police officers and policy experts, to focus…

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,…

Coping with Kidulthood: The hidden truth behind Britain’s abandoned adolescents

Without love and discipline, how can young adults learn to take personal responsibility? This report argues that society expects people with the greatest needs and least resources to transition to…