27 July 2022

The Knot – Lived experience perspectives on policing, trauma, poverty and inequalities

Inequalities, Policing, Poverty, Trauma

Open report

How can trauma and poverty responsive policing work better for young adults? This research explores guiding principles from the perspective of young adults who commit repeated low-level offences.

Publisher: Revolving Doors and New Generation Policing
Authors: Burcu Borysik and Elsa Corry-Roake

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.