9 September 2012

Why Prioritise Young Adults? Four key messages for Police and Crime Commissioners

Policing, Young adults

Open report

Can Police and Crime Commissioners commission services that’s more effective for young adults? This report brings together research and practice to demonstrate what works and how reoffending rates can be reduced and achieve greater benefits for young adults.

Publisher: T2A

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.