9 July 2019

Loss and Bereavement – A guide for professionals working across the CJS

Courts and sentencing, Policing, Prison, Probation

Open report

In what ways can the criminal justice system ensure a duty of care is provided to support young adults experiencing bereavement? This report recognises that offenders confront death, bereavement and separation at a higher rate than the general population and provides information and good practice initiatives to support professionals.

Publisher: Keele University

April 2026
Joint Enterprise: A view over time

The report looks at two decades of data on joint enterprise, finding a disproportionate impact on young adults and persistent racial disparities.

September 2025
From exploited to exploiter?

This report looks at how to prevent the unjust criminalisation of victims of child criminal exploitation in the transition to adulthood.

Criminal Justice, young adults
Smaller but tougher: How the criminal justice system is processing young adults

This Centre for Crime and Justice Studies report looks at harsher outcomes experienced by young adults in the criminal justice system over time.