Youth justice

ICPR’s youth justice research includes studies on the Youth Court and on public attitudes to youth crime, and work conducted as part of the International Self-Report Delinquency Study. We have undertaken qualitative and quantitative investigations of the needs of children and young people in custody, and reviewed provision within the secure estate.

Completed projects include:

Enhancing problem-solving practice in the Youth Court

The negotiation of pleasure, risk and harm in young people’s digital lives: A scoping project on the mental health and wellbeing implications of online ‘transgressive’ behaviours

The quality of legal advice and representation in the Youth Justice System

The Youth Proceedings Advocacy Review

Publications

Wigzell, Ali, Kirby, Amy and Jacobson, Jessica (2015) The Youth Proceedings Advocacy Review: Final Report. Project Report. Bar Standards Board, London, UK.

Gyateng, Tracey, Moretti, Alessandro, May, Tiggey and Turnbull, Paul (2014) Young people and the secure estate: needs and interventions. Project Report. Youth Justice Board, London, UK.

Jacobson, Jessica and Kirby, Amy (2012) Public attitudes to youth crime report on focus group research. The Home Office, London, UK.

Gyateng, Tracey, Kirby, Amy, Webster, Russell and Hunter, Gillian (2012) Assessing young people in police custody: an examination of the operation of Triage schemes. University of London, London, UK.

Hough, Mike, May, Tiggey, Gyateng, T., Bhardwa, Bina, Boyce, I. and Oyanedel, J.C. (2010) Differential treatment in the youth justice system. Project Report. Equality and Human Rights Commission, London, UK.

Jacobson, Jessica, Bhardwa, Bina, Gyateng, T., Hunter, Gillian and Hough, Mike (2010) Punishing disadvantage - a profile of children in custody. Project Report. Prison Reform Trust, London, UK.