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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Youth offending"”.
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An investigation into the risk and protective factors associated with youth offending
… risk and protective factors associated with youth offending and how these have been applied to legislation, prevention and intervention. The first chapter reviews current trends in youth offending and approaches to treatment and interventions with young offenders. The second chapter reviews …
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Exploring the risk factors associated with youth offending behavior in Cape Town
… study explored the risk factors associated with youth offending behaviour in Cape Town, in order to suggest, from a social development point of view, preventive measures that address the risk factors from an outset. The sample that was used consisted of twenty reforming youth offenders (fifteen …
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Young people’s reflections on engaging with youth offending services. A psycho-social exploration
… on their experiences of engaging with a youth offending service (YOS). There is a paucity of research that explores this. Five participants were recruited from a YOS in the UK. Free association techniques were used; five participants were interviewed using the Grid Elaboration Method, …
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Practitioners in the youth justice system: a case study of the youth offending service
… practitioners working with young people in the youth justice system in England and Wales. Based on a case study of Peterborough youth offending service (PYOS), the study adopts a multi-method approach. Interviews with 22 practitioners, observations of their practice and key documentary evidence …
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Investigation into the frontal lobe functioning of young offenders with and without a head injury
… of head injuries in both the adult and youth offending populations. Offenders often have difficulties with tasks that involve executive and frontal lobe functioning compared to non-offenders, but research has often not recorded or controlled for the effect of head injury. This research …
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“Are we all playing an elaborate game?” A Bourdieusian analysis of children’s participation in decision making in youth justice
… involvement in the design and delivery of youth offending services. This PhD investigates the extent and nature of children’s participation in planning, decision making and assessment in youth justice. It seeks to reveal the ‘logic’ and unmask the ‘hidden workings’ of participatory youth …
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Non-compliance and breach: youth justice decision-making in Wales
Wales’ national youth justice strategy has, since 2004, promoted ‘children first, offenders second’ as a core principle. This is generally viewed as indicative of the efforts of successive Welsh Governments to embed youth justice–a policy area for which they have no legislative competence–into …
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Le Matuamoepo: competing 'spirits of governing' and the management of New Zealand-based Samoan youth offender cases
… the 'spirits of governing' that currently frame youth justice approaches to Samoan youth offending in New Zealand, today. It claims that, in the current management of Samoan youth offending cases, three main spirits of governing are in play. These are the spirits of neo-liberal risk management …
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A multi-method study identifying the barriers and solutions to meeting the physical and psychological health needs of young people involved in or vulnerable to sexual exploitation
… behaviours related to health, and the use of youth offending teams for health support Conclusion A significant range of physical and psychological health problems were reported alongside risks to health and barriers to health support for sexually exploited young people. Psycho-social …
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"If you're kind to me, I'll be kind to you." Compassion to self and others as a dynamic and relational process among young people who have engaged in harmful sexual behaviour: A Grounded Theory.
… aged 14-18, who were receiving input from youth offending services for HSB, were recruited for this research. Each participant took part in a one-off interview where they were asked about their understanding and experiences of compassion to and from self and others. Adopting a …
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A critical approach towards the professionalisation of the youth justice workforce: a research-led design of a mental health module
Over the last 15 years, the youth justice system has expanded and taken on a life of its own, accommodating novel and diverse occupational ideologies within a managerialistic and neo-liberalist agenda, to realise New Labour’s aggressive reductionist targets. One of the unforeseen consequences of …
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A critical analysis of the effectiveness of secure training centres: Conceptualising policy intent and outcomes for children
… of individuals and the prevention of reoffending. Previous analysis has been used as secondary sources of data to consider the ways in which STCs meet the needs of young vulnerable offenders in the ways that were intended. The approach to this analysis is based on the six principles of …
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Young People and Staff Perspectives on Offender Rehabilitation
… that address the dynamic risk factors of offending are implemented to reduce youth offending. Equally important, is the ability of service providers to engage young people to attend and participate in interventions that elicit positive change. The current study used qualitative methods to …
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Placing children in care at centre stage : exploring the experiences and perceptions of children in care about their pathways into offending behaviour
… representation of children in care in the youth justice system remains a significant challenge to academics and policy makers. Despite this, there is an absence of research and literature concerning the relationship between care experiences and the onset of offending behaviour that focuses …
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Imagining ‘possible selves’ as an intervention strategy for incarcerated youth
… as an intervention strategy for incarcerated youth. The participants share experiences of their own incarceration as juveniles as well as insights gained through their recent working experience with incarcerated youth. This study concerns itself with risk and resilience factors relating to …
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Ethnographic perspectives on youth justice supervision and the supervisory relationship
… community supervision experience within the youth justice system. Yet the intricacies of the supervisory relationship and the nature of everyday supervision in which it develops are little researched. It is therefore critical to deepen our understanding of supervisory interactions if we are …
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Child Criminal Exploitation, County Lines & Victim Identification: An Exploratory Study
… exploitation (CCE) in the context of the English youth justice system. Despite calls to recognise experiences of CCE among young people involved in county lines, the label ‘victim’ is still selectively applied, and many young people affected by CCE are still criminalised and labelled as offenders. …
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lnteragency collaboration in youth justice: Creating change through action research
… psychology intervention in the Hamilton youth justice sector from September 2001 through to August 2004. I initiated the project with a Maori social service provider, Maatua Whangai, to address poor communication, gaps in service provision, and a lack of coordination and leadership in the …
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Through a lens of therapeutic jurisprudence: A case study of the Children’s Court Drug Court in Perth
… statistics. Given the social and fiscal costs of youth offending and justice in Australia, initiatives like the CCDC, which aim to address the causes of drug use and crime, can limit some costs. A case study method allowed for the examination of several data sources including observations of the …
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Ua Motu le Palefuiono (‘The Crown Has Broken’): The Samoan Aiga and Cultural Responsiveness in Youth Justice in Aotearoa New Zealand
… by extension, created the conditions within youth justice for recognition of other extended family models, especially those within the Pasifika whanaunga (or family), such as the Samoan aiga. On close inspection, however, this thesis finds that the ‘aiga’ (by Samoan young offenders, their …
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