Effective approaches with young adults: A guide to probation services

19 September 2015

Effective approaches with young adults: A guide to probation services

Maturity, Probation, Young adults

Open report

How can young adults be supported during one of the most important developmental stages of their lives? This guide provides practical suggestions for effective ways to engage young adults and support
their desistance from crime.

Publisher: Clinks
Authors: Isabel Livingstone, Suleman Amad and Louise Clark

prison, young adults

Raise the Bars: Co-producing practice guidance with Romany Gypsy and Irish Traveller people

This Friends, Families and Travellers report summarises focus groups with 57 Romany, Gypsy and Irish Traveller young adults across 20 prisons, with recommendations for reform based on their experiences.

Criminal Justice, young adults

Behind the decline

This Centre for Crime and Justice Studies report looks at the shrinking young adult population within the criminal justice system who are experiencing increasingly harsher treatment.

May 2026