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Latest Publications about Young People and Youth Justice

SJF Briefing: Grappling with the complexity of Early and Effective Intervention (EEI)

Published: 2021

Scottish Justice Fellowship Briefing Grappling with the complexity of Early and Effective Intervention (EEI): Benevolent Intentions, Negative Consequences in Youth Justice implications for Scotland by Dr Fern Gillon, University of Strathclyde. This paper aims to illustrate a number of concerns regarding early intervention within the sphere of youth justice. While we must endeavour to support...

Family Learning Group HMP Kilmarnock

Published: April 2020

This exploratory research report from Dr Kirsty Deacon looks at a specific family visit provision for children and young people with parents in prison, known as a Family Learning Group and previously or sometimes referred to as the Homework Club or After School Club. It takes place in the prison gym and involves the family eating together, playing together and the children can bring in their...

Taking Stock of Violence in Scotland

Published: September 2019

Approaches to violence prevention have also developed apace over the same period, with increasing acknowledgement of some of the structural inequalities and inequities that shape meanings and experiences of violence. However, there is still work to be done. Whilst many neighbourhoods in Scotland have experienced an overall decline in crime, particular neighbourhoods and communities remain...

Mental Health and Wellbeing of Young People in Custody: Evidence Review

Published: May 2019

This document presents a review of evidence on mental health and wellbeing of young people in custody, focusing on suicide risk and prevention in custody. It organises evidence into different frames and factors, separating the diverse perspectives through which mental health issues are analysed. These can shape alternative and sometimes contradictory understandings of problems and what to do...

Working with women and girls: researching experiences of vicarious traumatisation

Published: February 2018

This Report presents emergent findings from a Wellcome Trust funded project [Ref: 201651/Z/16/Z] on service providers’ experiences of working with criminal justice-involved women and girls. The analysis in the Report is based on data from 35 in-depth interviews conducted in a variety of custodial and community based settings across Scotland between February and December 2017.

Literature Review on outcomes of parental discipline styles, evidence on effective parenting styles and the international experience of prohibition of physical punishment in law

Published: June 2017

This review was commissioned by the Scottish Government to explore the legal approach taken in a variety of jurisdictions to the smacking of children and to review research evidence on the outcomes of physical punishment and on alternative approaches to disciplining children. This is a literature review of the international evidence on parental physical punishment and other forms of disciplinary...

Criminological Knowledge and the Politics of Impact: Implications for Researching Juvenile Justice

Published: March 2017

McAra, L. (2017) 'Criminological Knowledge and the Politics of Impact: Implications for Researching Juvenile Justice' in Armstrong, S., Blaustein, J. and Henry, A. (eds.) Reflexivity and Criminal Justice: Intersections of Policy, Practice and Research. Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, pp.149-167.

City as lens: (Re)imaging youth in Glasgow and Hong Kong

Published: March 2017

Fraser, A., Batchelor, S., Li, L. and Whittaker, L. (2017) City as lens: (Re)imaging youth in Glasgow and Hong Kong. Young – Nordic Journal of Youth Research. 25(3) 1–17.

Understanding youth violence: the mediating effects of gender, poverty and vulnerability

Published:

McAra, L. and McVie, S. (2016) Understanding youth violence: the mediating effects of gender, poverty and vulnerability. Journal of Criminal Justice. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2016.02.011.

Review of ‘Global Gangs: Street Violence Across the World’

Published:

Fraser, A. (2016) Review of ‘Global Gangs: Street Violence Across the World’, British Journal of Criminology vol. 56, no. 1, pp.204-207

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