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Special edition of PSJ focusing on young offenders in custody, includes articles on: education, autism, neurodevelopmental impairment, resettlement, managing young people, and care leavers. [Past issues of PSJ are archived here].

Keywords: young people

Effective point-of-arrest diversion for children and young people

[Clinks (2022)]

Evidence review by Clinks into effective point-of-arrest diversion for children and young people, including good practice principles.

Keywords: young people, diversion

The voices of young people under supervision

[HMI Probation (2018)]

This Research & Analysis Bulletin focuses on the views of children & young people under supervision, to help improve services and ensure they are sufficiently responsive to their individual needs. Part of HMI Probation’s Research & Analysis collection.

Keywords: supervision, young people

What works in managing young people who offend?

[Ministry of Justice (2016)]

Review commissioned by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to examine the international research literature on the management of young people who have offended and produced to inform youth justice policy and practice.

Keywords: young people

Families Inside: Young people’s experiences of serving a sentence at the same time as a family member

[Prison Service Journal (2022)]

PSJ article on the impact on young people serving a sentence at the same time as another familiy member. [Past issues of PSJ are archived here].

Keywords: young people, families

Young offenders and trauma: experience and impact: a practitioner’s guide

[Beyond Youth Custody (2016)]

This practitioner briefing aims to highlight what is known about the links between trauma and young people’s behaviour and development.

Keywords: young people, families, resettlement

Participation Initiative

[Youth Justice Agency (NI) (2022)]

Kathy Biggar Trophy submission: an initiative which directly involves young people – and parents and victims – in all aspects of policy and practice, working towards UNICEF Child Friendly accreditation. [More about the Kathy Biggar Trophy].

Challenges and needs of people serving long life sentences from a young age

[Clinks (2021)]

This evidence review looks at the challenges and needs of people serving long life sentences from a young age.