Comment
What’s happening in the SVRO pilot?
Six months on from the launch of the controversial SVROs, what have we learnt so far?
Comment
Joint Enterprise: New data, familiar picture, old action?
On Friday the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) released the first data from the long called-for monitoring of joint enterprise prosecutions.
Comment
SVROs: What is the Home Office trying to hide?
As part of the Young Adult Safety project, StopWatch is working in partnership with the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, looking at serious violence reduction orders (SVROs).
Comment
Introducing the Young Adult Safety series
The Centre is currently scrutinising a number of serious violence policies and practices as part of our Young Adult Safety project.
News
Grave concerns about children’s prisons
We are one of a number signatories of a letter to the prison’s minister, Damian Hinds, expressing “grave concerns regarding the children’s secure estate”.
Project
Young adult safety
Many young adults face the fear, or the reality, of violence in their lives.
Comment
Young adults and the courts: prosecution and prejudice
New findings out today from the Universities of Sheffield and Manchester have highlighted long term trends in court appearances for young adults.
Comment
Giving a town an ASBO: The implications of Public Spaces Protection Orders
Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPO) were first introduced in England and Wales in 2014 as part of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act.
Comment
How we influence: ASB enforcement strategies
How have we influenced the use of antisocial behaviour powers to manage young adults?
News
New project: Young adults and antisocial behaviour enforcement
Our latest project, funded by the Barrow Cadbury Trust, is now underway.
It will build on the findings from the project on young adults and antisocial behaviour measures we completed last year, which established the extent of the use of three antisocial behaviour (ASB) tools to sanction young adults in England and Wales.
We aim to further explore how...
Comment
Anti-social behaviour powers are impossible to hold to account
In 2014, the system of anti-social behaviour powers in England and Wales was overhauled.
Publication
Anti-social behaviour powers and young adults: The data
This data briefing shows how three key antisocial behaviour powers are being used to sanction young adults (18 to 25 year olds) in England and Wales.