Anti-social behaviour powers are impossible to hold to account
The Centre's Research Analyst, Matt Ford, discusses the findings of our new report on anti-social behaviour powers and young adults.
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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.
Anti-social behaviour powers and young adults: Practitioners’ accounts
This briefing analyses practitioners' accounts of how they are using three key antisocial behaviour measures to sanction adults (18-25 year olds) in England and Wales.
Young adults and street enforcements
We are investigating how a series of measures designed to tackle antisocial behaviour are affecting young adults.
New research on young adults: Making Sense of Maturity
Roger Grimshaw, our Research Director, conducted research for the T2A Alliance into how probation practitioners have been using T2A’s Taking Account of Maturity guide published in 2013.
His findings have just been published by the T2A Alliance in the report Making Sense of Maturity.
Social justice and young adults
Roger Grimshaw, Research Director, asks if young adults should be able to access public care until they are 25 years-old.
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The prison estate and the pound sign
Helen Mills casts a critical eye over the latest proposals from the Ministry of Justice to reorganise the young adult and women's prison estate.
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From criminal justice to social justice
Richard Garside summarises the Centre's recently published pamphlet on young adults: From criminal justice to social justice.
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The use of the Community Order and Suspended Sentence Order for Young Adult Offenders
Community sentences need to be more responsive to the needs of young adult offenders, according to a report published today by the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies.
The report, which examines the use of the new Community Order and Suspended Sentence Order for adults aged between 18 and 24 found that there is a heavy reliance on unpaid work programmes and much less use of education, training and employment programmes and substance misuse programmes despite the fact that young adults have distinct needs in these areas.
Risky people or risky societies? Rethinking interventions for young adults in transition
Can the criminals of tomorrow be identified among the children of today? Is it possible to identify risk factors in children and their families that, left unaddressed, might result in a life of crime? Is it risky people who commit crime or risky societies that cause individual problems?
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