cjm 80: Transitions to adulthood
The themed section of this issue of cjm, guest edited by Richard Garside, director of the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, offers a series of articles on Transitions to adulthood, drawing on the work of the T2A Alliance, established and supported by the Barrow Cadbury Trust. Contributors include Bethan Thomas, James McGuire, Rob Allen and Christina Pantazis.
The latest issue of cjm includes a debating section on policing research and topical articles on unpaid work and community orders, judicial misconduct and drug regulation.
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Full list of articles in print version of cjm 80
EDITORIAL - Justice and politics
Rebecca Roberts comments on the new political landscape and introduces this issue of cjm.
TOPICAL ISSUES AND COMMENT
Debating policing research: a research council for crime and justice?
Jonathan Shepherd and Ken Pease call for medical research standards to be replicated in policing studies, Robert Reiner, Peter Squires and Louise Westmarland respond.
Regulating markets in vice
Toby Seddon calls for drug regulation instead of decriminalisation.
Moving forwards or paying back? Unpaid work and community orders
Philip Johnson traces the use of unpaid work in community punishment.
Confronting judicial misconduct
Lynne Wrennall investigates misconduct and corruption.
A pathway to danger? Evaluating the Freedom Programme
Lucy Watkins and Peter Dunn describe how attempts to protect women in prison from domestic violence can place them in greater danger.
THEMED SECTION: TRANSITIONS TO ADULTHOOD
Richard Garside sets the scene for the themed section of this issue.
Young adults in early 21st century Britain
Bethan Thomas shows how young adults' lives are shaped and predicts a worsening of conditions.
Risky business? The risk in risk factor research
Risk factor research and interventions are based on poor science and a flawed evidence base, argue Stephen Case and Kevin Haines.
Coercion and control: A dangerous and costly cul-de-sac
James McGuire says the evidence in favour of harsh sentences simply doesn't add up.
Young people's experiences of harm: international comparisons
Christina Pantazis maps harm in five European countries.
A neglected and under-resourced age group
Rob Allen, chair of the Transition to Adulthood Alliance, outlines proposals to meet the needs of vulnerable young adults.
Travelling in the right direction. A manifesto for change
Shan Nicholas of the Barrow Cadbury Trust explains why action on young adults is needed and members of the T2A Alliance outline their priorities.
The Foyer Federation: aiming to transform the institutions and policies that currently help young people
Steve Hillman discusses the wrap around support offered by the `Foyer' movement.
Young people and social exclusion: A multidimensional problem
Antonia Keung explains social exclusion.
IN FOCUS
`The outsider': Communication, diversity and communities
Roger Grimshaw explores media reporting and attitudes to people seeking asylum.
Review: Police and thieves
Will McMahon reviews `Police and thieves', Volume One of a new British Film Institute collection of Government sponsored information films.