Risky People, Or Risky Societies? Rethinking interventions for young adults in transition

10 December 2009

Risky People, Or Risky Societies? Rethinking interventions for young adults in transition

Young adults

Open report

What are the ideas and evidence informing contemporary policy in relation to children, young people and crime? This report considers risk factors and crime, government approaches, the research context and explores examples of current policy agendas and the intellectual underpinnings of the agendas.

Publisher: Centre for Crime and Justice Studies

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