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14 results foundAuthor: Matrix Evidence Title: Economic Analysis of Interventions for Young Adult Offenders Summary: This report summarizes an economic analysis of alternative interventions for young adult offenders. The report makes the case for a wholesale shift in the way the U.K. government works with young adults in, and at risk of becoming involved with, the criminal justice system. This shift requires more than tinkering around the edges of the system. Instead, it asks for a cross-departmental, in-depth look at vulnerable young people aged 18 to 24 involved in the criminal justice system, and a commitment to finding effective ways of working with these young adults in trouble to help them move away from crime. Details: London: Matrix Evidence, 2009. 29p. Source: Internet Resource Year: 2009 Country: United Kingdom URL: Shelf Number: 119154 Keywords: Alternative to IncarcerationCosts of Criminal JusticeEconomic AnalysisJuvenile Justice System (U.K.)Juvenile Offenders (U.K.)Young Adult Offenders (U.K.) |
Author: Prior, David Title: Maturity, Young Adults and Criminal Justice: A Literature Review Summary: The focus of this review was on young adults aged 18-24 years in relation to three major bodies of literature considered relevant to maturity and young adults: neurological, psychological and criminological. The key findings are: 1. The research supports the T2A position that the level of maturity exhibited by a young adult offender should be considered within the legal and sentencing process. 2. The research points emphatically to the inappropriateness of an arbitrary age limit as the key factor for determining the judicial response that an offender should receive. 3. Neurological research identifies that brain development continues into early adulthood; the human brain is not 'mature' until the early to mid-twenties. 4. The research identifies the significant maturity factor as 'temperance', which continues to influence antisocial decision-making during young adulthood. 5. Young adulthood is a critical period when many individuals will naturally 'grow out of crime' Details: Birmingham, UK: University of Birmingham, Institute of Applied Social Studies, School of Social Policy, 2011. 42p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed June 28, 2011 at: http://www.iass.bham.ac.uk/documents/maturity-final-literature-review-report.pdf Year: 2011 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.iass.bham.ac.uk/documents/maturity-final-literature-review-report.pdf Shelf Number: 121869 Keywords: Crime and AgeMaturityRecidivismYoung Adult Offenders (U.K.) |
Author: Crimmens, David Title: Reaching Socially Excluded Young People: A National Study of Street-Based Youth Work Summary: This study explores the contribution of detached and outreach youth work to the involvement of socially excluded young people in relevant and accessible education, training and employment in England and Wales. In particular it considers how detached and outreach youth work might articulate with the Connexions initiative. The research sought to: • explore the nature, range and geographical spread of street-based youth work with socially excluded young people in England and Wales; • identify the effectiveness of agency strategies and practice interventions in developing significant and sustainable educational, training and vocational opportunities; and • establish how street-based youth work can best contribute to and articulate with the Connexions Service and the ‘key agencies’ that constitute Connexions Partnerships. Details: Durham, UK: Durham University, 2004. 47p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed August 27, 2012 at: http://dro.dur.ac.uk/6409/1/6409.pdf Year: 2004 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://dro.dur.ac.uk/6409/1/6409.pdf Shelf Number: 126116 Keywords: Delinquency PreventionDisadvantaged YouthRehabilitation ProgramsYoung Adult Offenders (U.K.) |
Author: Howard League for Penal Reform Title: Young, Adult and No Support: The Entitlements of Young Adults to Care in the Community Summary: Since 2002 the Howard League has provided a legal service to children in prison. In 2007 the Howard League expanded its service to provide the only dedicated legal service for young adults in prison. ‘Young adults’ are defined by the prison service as a prisoner between the ages of 18 and 20 years. This report is produced by the Howard League’s young adult legal team based on the experience and evidence from our casework. Our young adult team undertake groundbreaking work which begins to assert and clarify the rights and entitlements of this neglected and ignored group. A considerable part of our work has focused on ensuring that there is an appropriate and detailed plan for the young person when she or he returns to the community. This transition is known as ‘resettlement’ and the right plan can be critical to obtaining release from custody and a safe return to the community. This publication is intended to be a guide for any practitioners who work with vulnerable young adults. We hope that this will be a useful guide for people to understand the rights and entitlements of young adults and assist in enabling practitioners to promote access to suitable support for young adults. Details: London: Howard League for Penal Reform, 2010. 54p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed August 27, 2012 at: http://www.t2a.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Howard-League-Young-Adult-and-No-support.pdf Year: 2010 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.t2a.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Howard-League-Young-Adult-and-No-support.pdf Shelf Number: 126121 Keywords: HomelessnessHousingPrisoner ReentryResettlementYoung Adult Offenders (U.K.) |
Author: Barrow Cadbury Commission on Young Adults and the Criminal Justice System Title: Lost in Transition: A Report of the Barrow Cadbury Commission on Young Adults and the Criminal Justice System Summary: The gap in meeting the needs of young people who are making the transition to adulthood emerged as a central concern for the groups we support. In particular the criminal justice system which chooses to demarcate a young person from an adult at the arbitrary age of 18 has emerged as one of the starkest examples of where vulnerable young people are being failed. Given that almost 10 per cent of young people aged between 18 and 24 have been cautioned or arrested by the police, this is a key omission in policy. To the many communities that Barrow Cadbury supports the links between growing up in poverty and the routes into crime are clear. Critically for Barrow Cadbury and for many of our communities the over-representation of African Caribbean young men, and increasingly Muslim young men in the criminal justice system signifies the need for an overhaul of a system which so clearly puts criminal justice before social justice in the pathway to adulthood. Forming a Commission was an appropriate way to highlight and develop innovative and workable solutions to the problems that young adults face in growing up in the criminal justice system. The report which has emerged from our distinguished group of Commissioners emphasises the devastating impact that imprisonment has on a young person’s life chances and the futility of a criminal justice system that sees nearly three quarters of 18 – 20 year olds reconvicted after release from the prison system. The role of the Commission was to develop a way in which the criminal justice system can recognise the importance of the transition between adolescence and adulthood, to develop ideas about how the system can promote natural desistance from offending in young adults in transition, and to find a way in which the criminal justice system could better promote the life chances of young adults. The Commission began its work in summer 2004. A wide range of stakeholders were invited to submit written evidence or were consulted through one-to-one or roundtable discussions about the issues facing young adults in transition and what the solutions could be. Commissioners also made a number of study visits to projects aimed at helping young adults in transition, in the UK, in Europe and in North America. The recommendations contained in the report have been informed by the consultations and the visits. Details: London: Barrow Cadbury Trust, 2005. 35p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed October 5, 2012 at: http://www.iprt.ie/files/barrow_cadbury_trust_youth_report.pdf Year: 2005 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.iprt.ie/files/barrow_cadbury_trust_youth_report.pdf Shelf Number: 126566 Keywords: At-risk YouthRehabilitationYoung Adult Offenders (U.K.) |
Author: Allen, Rob Title: Lost in Transition: Three Years On Summary: The purpose of this pamphlet is twofold; first to consider developments in policy and practice with young adult offenders in the three years since the publication of the Barrow Cadbury Commission’s Lost in Transition report, (Barrow Cadbury Trust 2005), and second to offer reflections on the challenges that lie in the way of better policies on young adult offenders in the future. Details: London: Barrow Cadbury Trust, 2008. 37p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed October 5, 2012 at: http://www.prisonstudies.org/info/downloads/Lost_in_Transition-3_Years_On-FINAL.pdf Year: 2008 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.prisonstudies.org/info/downloads/Lost_in_Transition-3_Years_On-FINAL.pdf Shelf Number: 126567 Keywords: Criminal Justice PolicyCriminal Justice SystemYoung Adult Offenders (U.K.) |
Author: Sturrock, Rachel Title: Supporting Transitions: A Summative Evaluation of the Transition to Adulthood Pilots Summary: This summative evaluation examines the outcomes for young adults benefitting from a ‘T2A approach’ through three pilot projects funded by the Barrow Cadbury Trust (BCT). This approach is a new way of working with 18 to 24-year-olds in the criminal justice system which takes into account their distinct developmental needs. It is part of a wider initiative funded by the Trust – the Transition to Adulthood Alliance (T2A) – which is campaigning on this issue. This is the third evaluation of the T2A pilots’ work commissioned by the Barrow Cadbury Trust. The Oxford Centre for Criminology conducted a formative evaluation which explored the work as it developed (Burnett et al; 2010) and Matrix Evidence carried out a break-even analysis (Matrix; 2011). Details: Catch22, 2012. 84p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed October 9, 2012 at: http://www.t2a.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/T2A-Summative-Evaluation-Catch22-2012.pdf Year: 2012 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.t2a.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/T2A-Summative-Evaluation-Catch22-2012.pdf Shelf Number: 126662 Keywords: RecidivismRehabilitation ProgramsReoffendingYoung Adult Offenders (U.K.) |
Author: Barrow Cadbury Trust Title: Coping with Kidulthood: The Hidden Truth Behind Britain’s Abandoned Adolescents Summary: The T2A Alliance is a coalition of organisations and individuals working to improve the life chances of young adults between the ages of 18 and 25 who are at risk of falling into the criminal justice system. This report will feed into our work over the coming year and provides the first building block in the creation of a campaign manifesto planned for 2009. The report is based on two pieces of new empirical research commissioned exclusively for the T2A Alliance: • The first, by the public opinion research company Populus, consists of focus group research comparing the life experiences of a group of male young offenders with a group of male university students. • The second, by the market research company Com Res, is the result of opinion polling carried out among 1001 young people to test their attitudes towards a broad set of policy initiatives related to youth justice. • Of the 1001 young people polled 83% say that getting work experience and having good job opportunities is a key factor in helping young people move away from crime. • 76% also believe that ensuring access to youth clubs and community centres for young people so that they can socialise and interact was important in countering youth crime. • 82% believe that it is important going to a school that does not tolerate bad behaviour and instils discipline and personal responsibility in its pupils. • For young people who have drug or alcohol problems 78% think that immediate and regular support by social services is an important way of tackling the problem. Details: London: The Transition to Adulthood (T2A) Alliance, 2009. 32p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed November 28, 2012 at: http://www.bctrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/T2A-Kidulthood_Report-Barrow_Cadbury_Trust-2009.pdf Year: 2009 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.bctrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/T2A-Kidulthood_Report-Barrow_Cadbury_Trust-2009.pdf Shelf Number: 127015 Keywords: At-risk YouthDisadvantaged YouthYoung Adult Offenders (U.K.) |
Author: Matrix Evidence Title: Break-Even Analysis of T2A Intervention for Young Adults Summary: Young adults, aged between 18 and 24, account for a disproportionate amount of offending, providing a prima facie case for providing services aimed specifically at reducing the level of reoffending by these young people. However, the Criminal Justice System (CJS) does not distinguish between the needs of young adults and older adults when implementing interventions aimed at reducing reoffending. The youth justice system applies to young people up to age 17, but once young people reach 18 years old they are considered adults and essentially treated the same as older adults. The Barrow Cadbury Trust’s ‘Transition to Adulthood’ (T2A) programme funds several pilot schemes that provide services to young adult offenders with the ultimate aim of reducing the likelihood of reoffending. We undertook a ‘break-even’ analysis of the T2A programme. In other words, we identified the impact that the programme would need to have on reducing reoffending in order to pay for itself. The key findings are • If set-up costs of the programme pilot are excluded, the programme would have to reduce of reoffending of 6.1% to pay for itself. This equates to between one and two offences per average young adult (specifically a reduction of 1.4 offences from approximately 39 offences over the future lifetime to 37 after the intervention). • If set-up costs are included, the required reduction in reoffending would need to be to 7.3% (or a reduction of 1.7 offences per average young adult). • A comparison of these reductions with those found in a previous study we conducted suggests that such impacts (6.1% and 7.3%) are feasible. These levels are equivalent to 1,540 (excluding set-up costs) and 1,828 (including set-up costs) offences being prevented over the lifetime of the 1,071 young adults benefiting from the pilot. These result in an average saving per young adult over their future lifetime due to the T2A programme of £1,416 and £1,680 respectively. The actual break-even point required might actually be different to that estimated in our model for several reasons, such as: • where the young adult is in the CJS, if at all; • the level of risk of the young people who participate in the T2A programme; and • whether costs of volunteer time in would need to be paid for. Details: London: Barrow Cadbury Trust, 2009. 21p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed December 1, 2012 at: Year: 2009 Country: United Kingdom URL: Shelf Number: 127085 Keywords: Cost-Benefit AnalysisIntervention ProgramsRehabilitationTransition to Adulthood ProgramYoung Adult Offenders (U.K.) |
Author: Centre for Social Justice Title: Can Secure Colleges Transform Youth Custody? Transcript from a roundtable discussion on Secure Colleges Summary: The case for change is clear. Last year more than 3,500 young offenders were sentenced to custody and more than 70% of them went onto reoffend within a year, despite an average of around £100,000 per annum being spent on their detention. There is an urgent need to improve the educational attainment of children in custody, reduce the sky-high levels of reoffending, and turn around the lives of these young people for their own sake and for the sake of the communities that are blighted by the crime they commit. The CSJ has long argued for education to play a central role in the rehabilitation of young offenders. We were delighted to host a roundtable on Secure Colleges with the Minister for Prisons and Rehabilitation, Jeremy Wright MP, and leading voices from the criminal justice and education sectors. Our aim was to bring together key individuals and organisations that can help the Coalition Government make the idea of Secure Colleges a successful reality in the UK. Details: London: Centre for Social Justice, 2013. 51p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed May 25, 2013 at: http://www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/publications/can-secure-colleges-transform-youth-custody Year: 2013 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/publications/can-secure-colleges-transform-youth-custody Shelf Number: 128796 Keywords: Educational ProgramsOffender RehabilitationRecidivismReoffendingYoung Adult Offenders (U.K.) |
Author: Marder, Ian Title: Restorative Justice for Young Adults: Factoring in Maturity and Facilitating Desistance Summary: Drawing on primary evidence in the form of interviews with criminal justice practitioners and young adult offenders, as well as the existing literature, the aim of this report is to broaden our understanding of how restorative justice can be used with young adults (both victims and offenders) throughout the criminal justice process, considering the relevance of the maturation process, its implications for restorative practitioners working with this age group, and why restorative justice might be effective at encouraging desistance from crime. The main findings are as follows: • Although technically considered to be adults, victims and offenders between the ages of 18 and 25 may not be fully mature. This has many implications for restorative practice, of which facilitators and other criminal justice professionals must be aware; • There are a number of theoretically- and empirically-informed ways in which participation in a restorative process might encourage desistance and otherwise have a significant impact on young adult offenders. For example, it can be argued that it helps to develop a sense of personal responsibility and self-efficacy, is conducive to the building of social bonds and attachments and encourages compliance by being perceived by participant offenders to be more procedurally-just than court-based processes. Depending on the offender, restorative justice might either instigate the desistance process or provide additional motivation for those who have already chosen or begun to desist; • It is possible for service managers to integrate restorative practices into their work with 18-25 year old victims and offenders at any stage of the criminal justice process. The key recommendations are as follows: • Restorative justice should be offered to all victims irrespective of the age of the offender; • Restorative practitioners who work with young adults should be aware of the practice implications of a lack of maturity; • Restorative practice should be used to develop maturity and facilitate desistance among young adults who offend. Details: London: Restorative Justice Council, 2013. 28p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed June 3, 2013 at: http://www.restorativejustice.org.uk/resource/t2a-985/#.UayXHDXD_cs Year: 2013 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.restorativejustice.org.uk/resource/t2a-985/#.UayXHDXD_cs Shelf Number: 128926 Keywords: Alternatives to IncarcerationRestorative JusticeVictim-Offender MediationYoung Adult Offenders (U.K.) |
Author: Knight, Victoria Title: A Study to Identify How 16 + Young Offenders across Leicestershire Engage with Education, Training or Employment Summary: This research is in response to Leicestershire Youth Offending Service’s (YOS) targets with respect to 16+ year old young offenders’ educational, training and employment (ETE) status. They have found that a high proportion of this cohort is failing to engage or partially engage with ETE. Using information that is already collected by the YOS, De Montfort University’s Community and Criminal Justice Division were asked to explore how this might inform their practice and identify risks about this particular group. This report is divided into sections which include context of the study, and includes some literature, methodology, findings and conclusions. The conclusion also offers a summary of the findings with also some potential indicators about ETE amongst 16 + young offenders, which might offer guidance for practitioners. Details: Leicester, UK: De Montfort University, Community and Criminal Justice Division, 2010. 24p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed June 18, 2013 at: https://www.dora.dmu.ac.uk/ Year: 2010 Country: United Kingdom URL: https://www.dora.dmu.ac.uk/ Shelf Number: 129025 Keywords: Educational ProgramsEmployment ProgramsOffender RehabilitationVocational Education and TrainingYoung Adult Offenders (U.K.) |
Author: Criminal Justice Alliance Title: Prosecuting Young Adults The potential for taking account of maturity at the charge and prosecution stage of the criminal justice system Summary: Within Criminal Justice policy there has been an increasing recognition of the role of maturity as a factor in the commission of crimes, particularly for the young adult group, and there is a new interest in how a more rigorous and effective approach for young adults in the transition to adulthood (aged between 16 and 24) can be delivered. This focus is important for a number of reasons, not least the high numbers of young adults who come into contact with the police and go on to be prosecuted in the courts. Significantly, since 2011 the Sentencing Council for England and Wales has included - Age and/or lack of maturity where it affects the responsibility of the offender - as an express mitigating factor in their sentencing guidelines for adults. In 2013 the Crown Prosecution Service published a new Code, which for the first time explicitly included taking the maturity of an individual into account as part of the "public interest test", alongside other more established factors such as learning difficulties and mental health problems. This development represents a new opportunity for prosecutors to more explicitly and transparently consider the maturity of young adults, as is currently the case within the youth justice system. This research study investigates how the inclusion of the concept of maturity will work in practice, using the expertise of prosecutors to help us to understand how the concept of maturity is currently applied within the youth justice system and what lessons can be learnt to ensure the successful implementation for young adults. This research has found that within the Crown Prosecution Service there is a significant level of expertise in, and experience of, working with issues around maturity, but that in order for the new measure within the code to be implemented in way which ensures both its consistent and correct application a number of further changes are required. We therefore recommend: 1. Training and guidance about maturity should be available to the CPS, Police, and defence lawyers. 2. Protocols should be developed between the Police, CPS and other local agencies for gathering and sharing information. 3. Agencies should strengthen and maximise the use of the Conditional Caution for young adults. 4. There is scope to explore the introduction of problem solving approaches in the Courts, where maturity is identified at the prosecution stage. Details: London: Criminal Justice Alliance, 2013. 28p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed August 19, 2013 at: http://criminaljusticealliance.org/cps&maturity.pdf Year: 2013 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://criminaljusticealliance.org/cps&maturity.pdf Shelf Number: 129653 Keywords: Juvenile Court TransfersProsecution of Young AdultsYoung Adult Offenders (U.K.) |
Author: Bateman, Tim Title: Resettlement of Girls and Young Women: Research Report Summary: This report addresses a worrying gap in the knowledge about the effective resettlement of girls and young women. Reviewing research literature in a number of relevant areas, it cross-references evidence of what works in the resettlement of young people with what we know about the wider need of girls and young women. This iterative synthesis approach thus provides a gender-sensitive approach to inform policy and practice development in resettlement for this specific group. Introduction: addressing the resettlement needs of an ignored constituency - Recent years has seen an increasing focus on the resettlement of young people after custody, with a number of initiatives designed to address stubbornly high reoffending rates. However, the specific needs of girls and young women have received little attention in policy and practice. This is a worrying gap because research with adult female offenders consistently warns that what works with male offenders is unlikely to work with females. - The resettlement needs of girls and young women have been ignored partly because they make up a small proportion of the custodial population, and partly because they usually offend less frequently and seriously than young males. - Academics have also largely ignored the needs of this group in resettlement. This is reflective of relatively limited numbers of studies on women in the criminal justice system more generally, but with even less known about younger females, and less still around custody. - This report provides gender-sensitive perspective of the established gender-neutral principles of what works in resettlement with young people. The report first considers the contemporary policy context for the resettlement of girls and young women, specifically in relation to Transforming Youth Custody. Literature searches then focused on reasons behind female youth offending, reviews judicial responses to this group, details the characteristics of young females in custody, and reflects on lessons from interventions with older females. Finally, the report draws on any resettlement studies or interventions that have previously included some focus on girls or young women's specific needs. Details: London: Beyond Youth Custody, 2014. 68p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed October 13, 2014 at: http://www.beyondyouthcustody.net/wp-content/uploads/421_research-report_04_8_w-front_cover.pdf Year: 2014 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.beyondyouthcustody.net/wp-content/uploads/421_research-report_04_8_w-front_cover.pdf Shelf Number: 133886 Keywords: Female OffendersGender-Specific ProgrammingOffender ReentryRehabilitation ProgramsYoung Adult Offenders (U.K.) |