Youth Justice: A Study of Local Authority Practice Across Scotland
This paper, written by CYCJ’s Debbie Nolan, provides an overview of current youth justice practice in 27 of Scotland’s 32 local authority areas, focusing on
Working with young people who offend
This paper presents a review of the recent literature relating to effective practice with young people displaying harmful sexual behaviour (HSB), violence or risky substance
The use of Safer Lives in Scotland with young people displaying sexually harmful behaviours
This report, written by the CYCJ’s Stewart Simpson (Practice Development Advisor) and Nina Vaswani (Research Fellow) considers the research literature as well as the extent
CYCJ: A Stakeholder’s Perspective
This report is the result of a regular stakeholder consultation exercise, undertaken in December 2014, that allows CYCJ to benchmark progress, as well as to
What do communities and young people think about youth crime?
This poster gives a colourful and fun overview of responses given by communities and young people to the CYCJ Stakeholder Survey 2014. Please note that
Youth in justice: Young people explore what their role in improving youth justice should be
This report, which was commissioned by the Centre for Youth & Criminal Justice and written by Space Unlimited, aims to understand how young people could
I can see them being kids: an evaluation of the ‘Referral Process’ of Youth Advantage Outreach
Youth Advantage Outreach is a collaborative venture by the Army in Scotland and Police Scotland. The purpose is to provide an adventurous and challenging course
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
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
