Delighted to share that Co-production in Youth Justice, which I co-edited with Dr Samantha Burns, has now been published! www.routledge.com/Co-productio... Grateful to all contributors for sharing their research, scholarship & practice expertise @tandfresearch.bsky.social @routledgebooks.bsky.social

Knowledge partnerships in youth justice Sean Creaney and Jayne Price highlight the purpose, value and functioning of knowledge partnerships in youth justice for HMI Probation. www.russellwebster.com/knowledge-pa...

Knowledge partnerships in youth justice

Sean Creaney and Jayne Price highlight the purpose, value and functioning of knowledge partnerships in youth justice for HMI Probation.

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April British Society of Criminology (BSC) Book Draw - 'Knowledge and Skills Partnerships in Youth Justice'. Thank you to the BSC, and Routledge for supporting the draw. BSC members email 'info@britsoccrim.org' to enter. Closes 30 April. Full info www.britsoccrim.org/book-draw-2/

Important HMCIS/HIS review about children held in police custody. @cycjscotland.bsky.social research found that police custody was the most distressing aspect of a child's journey though the justice system shorturl.at/yLG4h BBC News - Children held too long in police cells shorturl.at/c2h53

Children’s Experiences of Police Custody and the Implications for Trauma-Informed Policing - Nina Vaswani, Kristina Moodie, Donna McEwan, 2024

The development of a trauma-informed Scotland is an ambitious and important agenda, but not without its challenges and limitations. In restrictive settings that...

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A special issue of Societies Journal: Youth Justice: Social Policy, Social Work and Practice www.mdpi.com/journal/soci... @drkathyhampson.bsky.social

New paper alert! Published in the Youth Justice Journal, I explore the views of Resettlement Officers in YOIs and the range of barriers they face when implementing Constructive Resettlement approaches. ROs described feeling isolated and invisible 👇 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Isolated and Invisible: The Barriers to Implementing Constructive Resettlement Approaches in Two English Young Offenders Institutions - Anne-Marie Day, 2025

The custodial estate for children aged 10–17 years across England and Wales faces a number of challenges. This article focuses on the perceptions of Resettlemen...

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Hi everyone, to kick off my maiden post please read our newly published paper in the BJC which argues for the abolition of all short term custodial sentences for children, and presents an alternative, viable, cost effective model @drkathyhampson.bsky.social academic.oup.com/bjc/advance-...

Harmful, Expensive and Criminogenic: The Case for Abolishing Detention and Training Orders in England and Wales

Abstract. Children who offend generally receive community sentences, to help them overcome difficulties whilst naturally addressing offending behaviour; ho

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Five reasons to abolish short-term custodial sentences for children Abolishing Detention and Training Orders is the key to meaningful #decarceration according to Kathy Hampson and Anne-Marie Day. www.russellwebster.com/five-reasons...

Five reasons to abolish short-term custodial sentences for children - Russell Webster

Abolishing Detention and Training Orders is the key to meaningful decarceration according to Dr Kathy Hampson and Dr Anne-Marie Day.

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Problematising the potentials of music programs to address Australia’s youth justice policy problems Alexis Anja Kallio www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Problematising the potentials of music programs to address Australia’s youth justice policy problems

Reflecting an international shift from punitive to more rehabilitative responses to youth offending, many Australian youth justice systems are undergoing significant revision and reform. The urgenc...

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"This book is the first to bring together academics and professionals in youth justice to examine the benefits of exchanging their knowledge and practice." - Professor Raymond Arthur, Northumbria University www.routledge.com/Knowledge-an... @rmooreresearch.bsky.social @drkathyhampson.bsky.social

Hundreds of incarcerated folks are fighting fires in California— earning between $5.80 and $10.24 per *day* plus $1 per hour during active emergencies. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Essential’: nearly 800 incarcerated firefighters deployed as LA battles wildfires

The firefighters earn $5.80-$10.24 per day plus $1 an hour when responding to active emergencies, according to CDCR

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Editorial: Children’s participation in youth justice: Actions speak louder than words. research.edgehill.ac.uk/en/publicati...

Calling all comms and engagement experts📣 We have a fantastic opportunity for you to make a difference for children & young people in conflict with the law. £36,924–£45,163 | Glasgow | Fixed Term (till Mar 2026) Apply by Jan 5 | Interviews: Jan 14 🔗 Details: lnkd.in/eixW-MUa #CommunicationsJob

Transforming the Balance of Power? Child First Collaboration: A Conceptual Analysis www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/14...

Transforming the Balance of Power? Child First Collaboration: A Conceptual Analysis

Collaboration is one of the major tenets of Child First justice and yet is proving problematic in its application across the sector, especially where children are compelled through court orders to eng...

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Three babies committed speeding offences, Garda system shows www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...

Three babies committed speeding offences, Garda system shows

More than 2,200 records created for children below age of criminal responsibility in last decade, including nearly 600 for those under three

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‘It’s a sixth sense...I see you, you see me, and we’ve been there’: Benefits and challenges of developing a peer mentoring scheme with young people in youth justice services mmuperu.co.uk/bjcj/wp-cont...

New Publication: "The Rehabilitation Industry: Lived Experience and Performance" (10min read) Andi Brierley & I explore our observations of what we describe as a Rehabilitation Industry and reflect on our roles within it We pose tough questions for all CJS stakeholders—read & join the discussion!

📢We've been awarded a huge UK research fellowship #UKRIFLF to study how lived experience leaders imagine the future of criminal justice🎉If you have ideas, get in touch www.chester.ac.uk/about/news/a...

NEW article: “Understanding the importance of therapeutic interventions to support families experiencing child-to-parent abuse: process evaluation insight from the parallel lives programme” www.emerald.com/insight/cont... By Dr Gemma Morgan and Dr Joe Janes. Available on EarlyCite. Safer Communities

If the UK is to come close to breaking the cycle of reoffending, it needs to meet the basic needs of young people in prison and respect the basic human right of adequate nutrition theconversation.com/crime-and-no...

Crime and nourishment – the link between food and offending behaviour

If the UK is to break the cycle of reoffending, it needs to meet the basic needs of young people in prison and respect the basic human right of adequate nutrition.

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The brains of young people are developing until about age 25, limiting their ability to make rational decisions and control impulses. Youth justice policies that ignore this risk failure.

We know enough about brain development to know youth offending reforms probably won’t work

The brains of young people are developing until about age 25, limiting their ability to make rational decisions and control impulses. Youth justice policies that ignore this risk failure.

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The terms child first, child participation, children’s voice, and co-production are used interchangeably with little thought as to what they mean for youth justice practice ‘on the ground’. 1/2 mmuperu.co.uk/bjcj/editori...

Many thanks to the authors/speakers for delivering insightful and engaging presentations at our participatory youth justice event yesterday, hosted by the British Journal of Community Justice. Link here to access all the papers in the special issue: mmuperu.co.uk/bjcj/volumes...

Academics need to take responsibility for the need to have imagination when it comes to criminology and we need to be bold says Prof Smithson: it’s not enough to just say “child first”

Next up Prof Hannah Smithson who sounds a note of caution: we need to look at what’s really going on behind the positive data, such as the reduction in the number of children in prison and challenge ourselves about how much we are influencing change

NEW ARTICLE. ‘Power in the Courtroom: Judicial Perspectives on Care-Experienced Girls & Women in Court’ just published – by me, Katie Hunter, @jostaines.bsky.social & Julie Shaw. This one was a very long time in the writing and so pleased to see it out. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Power in the courtroom: Judicial perspectives on care‐experienced girls and women in court

This article focuses on rarely heard judicial perspectives, and the little explored challenges facing care-experienced girls and women in court. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with judges and ...

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Interested in the exchange of knowledge, research and ideas about children’s participation in youth justice and wider services? There's still time to register for our free online Youth Justice Research and Knowledge Exchange event today! (Wed, 27 Nov 2024 13:00) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/childrens-...

This is a great book chapter about doing criminological research with children and young people in youth justice sk.sagepub.com/books/crimin...

Sharing the foreword from our new book - Stockdale & Addison 'Marginalised Voices in Criminology' routledge.com/Marginalised... written by Rona Epstein and Steve Tombs on behalf of the Alliance 'Is it a Crime to be Poor?' crimetobepoor.org