[HMI Probation (2025)]
Summary of the evidence base relevant to working with children with care experience. [From HMI Probation’s Research & Analysis collection].
Keywords: young people, care leavers
care leavers
Supporting care leavers to prevent custody
Supporting care leavers to prevent custody
[YJB Resource Hub (2024)]
Evidence summary about care experienced children in custody and how care leavers can be supported to prevent them entering custody.
Keywords: young people, care leavers
Disrupting the Routes between Care and Custody for Girls and Women
Disrupting the Routes between Care and Custody for Girls and Women
[Lancaster University (2022)]
Report, based on a review of the research literature and new research conducted by the authors, on the role experiences of care can have on women and girls and how to help prevent care leavers from ending in custody.
Keywords: young people, female offenders, care leavers
Care leavers and the criminal justice system
Care leavers and the criminal justice system
[Prison Service Journal (2022)]
This issue of Prison Service Journal looks at the question of care leavers and the criminal justice system.
Keywords: care leavers
Experiences and pathways of children in care in the youth justice system
Experiences and pathways of children in care in the youth justice system
[HMI Probation (2021)]
This report explores the range of barriers and enablers to supporting children in care, impacting upon their positive development and life chances. [From HMI Probation’s Research and Analysis collection].
Keywords: young people, care leavers
Care leavers in prison and probation
Care leavers in prison and probation
[HMPPS (2019)]
A summary of evidence about how people in prison and on probation may be affected by a history of being in care as a child and how services can improve outcomes for them. Part of HMPPS’ Prison & Probation Evidence Resource.
Keywords: care leavers