23 May 2024

Our sons and daughters: Is maturity considered in the magistrate’s court?

Courts and sentencing, Young adults

Open report

This report examines whether maturity is taken into account during court hearings based on the observations of almost 200 hearings involving a young adult defendant.

Publisher: Transform Justice
Authors: Fionnuala Ratcliffe, Penelope Gibbs

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.