10 January 2010

Young Adult and No Support: The entitlements of young adults to care in the community

Young adults

Open report

What can agencies do to co-operate and invest resources most effectively to support young people? The focus of this handbook for professionals is on entitlements of care leaves and vulnerable young adults and looks at how to identify responsible authorities and carry out high quality assessments and recommends that a new system should place a duty on local authorities to provide accommodation.

Publisher: Howard League for Penal Reform

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.