A fresh start – Top tips for telling an employer about your criminal record

…clarifies the types of checks that can take place, and how to talk to an employer or potential employer, and anticipate and address their concerns. Publisher: Business & the Community…

Your guide to the care system

This guide provides young adults with advice and information to help them navigate the care system. Publisher: Young Justice Advisors…

Meeting the Needs of Young Adult Women in Custody

How best can the prison system meet the needs of young adult women? The contents of this report were based on a literature review, an analysis of prison statistics, and…

Maturity in the magistrates’ court: Magistrates, young adults and maturity considerations in decision-making and sentencing

Guides for practitioners

…adults Guides for practitioners Are you working with young adults? Take a look at our practical guides for professionals, produced by T2A partners. Search our guides for practitioners Search for:…

Pre-court diversion for adults: A toolkit for practitioners

…explains what it may look like and provides the policy context to develop best practice. Publisher: Centre for Justice Innovation Authors: Claire Ely, Bami Jolaoso, Carmen Robin-D’Cruz and Vicki Morris…

Pre-court diversion for adults: A toolkit for practitioners 

…to practitioners how effective pre-court diversion could be, explains what it may look like and provides the policy context to develop best practice. Publisher: T2A Author: Centre for Justice Innovation…

Restorative Justice for Young Adults: Factoring in maturity and facilitating desistance

Can a restorative justice process encourage desistance and motivate young adult offenders? This report examines how to encourage personal responsibility and relationship-building and brings together evidence from existing sources as…

Traumatic brain injury and offending – An economic analysis

What are the links between head injuries and offending? According to this report adolescence is a peak period for both. It draws together evidence to show that traumatic brain injury…

The Bradley Commission: young adults (18-24) in transition, mental health and criminal justice

…practice at critical points along the offender pathway and offers a number of practical and policy solutions for those working with and commissioning services for young adults in transition. Publisher:…

Young Adult Manifesto

Can we do more to support vulnerable young adults in the criminal justice system? This manifesto lays out the arguments for why young adults should be regarded as a distinct…

We’ve not given up: young women surviving the CJS, Executive Summary

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…