From exploited to exploiter? Preventing the unjust criminalisation of victims of child criminal exploitation in the transition to adulthood

10 September 2025

From exploited to exploiter? Preventing the unjust criminalisation of victims of child criminal exploitation in the transition to adulthood

Transition, Young adults

Open report

This Alliance for Youth Justice briefing examines what happens as exploited children turn 18, exploring how responses across safeguarding and criminal justice fail to keep pace with ongoing risk and harm. It sets out principles and practical steps to ensure protection continues into young adulthood and to prevent the unjust criminalisation of victims.

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