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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.
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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...
Comment
Social justice and young adults
The Children’s Commissioner, Anne Longfield, has advocated that children being looked after by the state should have the right to be...
Comment
The prison estate and the pound sign
As a qualitative researcher I’m often quick to point out the limits of interpreting the world through numbers. However, having worked on...
Comment
From criminal justice to social justice
This is an edited version of an article that appears in the June 2010 issue of Criminal Justice Matters. It summarises...
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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...
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Risky people or risky societies? Rethinking interventions for young adults in transition
Can the criminals of tomorrow be identified among the children of today?
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From criminal justice to social justice: rethinking approaches to young adults subject to criminal justice control
From criminal justice to social justice: rethinking approaches to young adults subject to criminal justice control is the last in a series of three that form part of the Centre for Crime and Justice...
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My Story: Young people talk about the trauma and violence in their lives
My Story tells the stories of childhood trauma and violence experienced by young people convicted of serious acts of violence. Based on in-depth conversations with three young people in prison and...
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Young adults in transition: the local picture in national context
This second of two briefings looks at how household location affects young adult life chances and how this has developed over time. This is the second in a two part series produced as part of the...
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Young adults in transition: local matters, national implications
This is the first of two papers produced as part of the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies contribution to the work of the Transition to Adulthood (T2A) Alliance. This briefing looks at factors...
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Comparing coercive and non-coercive interventions
There is little or no benefit in the resort to incarceration and other forms of strict control for young people who break the law, according to a briefing from the Centre for Crime and Justice...