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Child victims of Human Trafficking – the legal framework
This presentation was delivered by Kirsty Thomson, Head of the Women and Young Persons’ Department at Glasgow’s Legal Services Agency, at the ‘Child Trafficking: A Scottish Perspective’
Child Trafficking of Separated Children in Scotland – A Perspective from the front line: Scottish Guardianship Service
This presentation was delivered by Catriona MacSween, Service Manager, Aberlour Guardianship Project, at the ‘Child Trafficking: A Scottish Perspective’ conference on October 29, 2014.
Child Trafficking: The Glasgow Experience
This presentation was delivered by Sheila Murie, Senior Officer, Child Protection at Glasgow City Council, at the ‘Child Trafficking: A Scottish Perspective’ conference on October 29,
Speech, language and communication difficulties
The Scottish Government has identified a policy priority in relation to speech, language and communication needs and how they relate to youth justice. In order to collate existing knowledge
Young people: throughcare, transitions, integration and reintegration
Claire Lightowler, Director of CYCJ, presented on ‘Young people: throughcare, transitions, integration and reintegration’ at the ‘Throughcare: Getting it right’ conference, which was organised by
Problem Solving Judicial Practice in Alloa Sheriff Court: Sheriff D Mackie
This short paper by Sheriff David Mackie, resident Sheriff for Alloa, starts from the premise that the merits of a problem solving approach in appropriate
Info Sheet 29: Children and Young People (Scotland) Act
This information sheet, written by Jill McAfee, highlights some of the provisions contained within the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 which will be
Supporting Forth and Fife Valley: Pathways into prison and supports available to young people from Fife and Forth Valley
This report presents the findings of a small-scale research project which examined the social work reports of 32 young men aged between 17 and 21
Young Men in Custody: Pathways into and out of prison of young men aged 16 and 17
The broad purpose of this report was to examine young men’s journeys into and out of custody. The Centre for Youth & Criminal Justice (CYCJ) was