Care and control: a gendered analysis of tensions in secure care for girls
This report looks into secure care through a gender lens in order to understand and unpack some tensions related to the interventions planned for girls,
2025 Stakeholder Survey Report
The CYCJ Stakeholder Survey is a biennial exercise designed to gather the views of key stakeholder groups: practitioners; children and young people; parents and carers;
School Exclusion, Inequality and Belonging: Participation evidence from children
School exclusion is widely recognised as a key site where educational practice, inequality, wellbeing, and safeguarding intersect. A substantial body of research across the UK
Antisocial Behaviour and School Exclusion
School exclusion and anti-social behaviour sit at the intersection of children’s rights, educational policy and wider social justice concerns in Scotland. For the Children and
Children, Capacity and Justice, Reflections from a Comparative Placement – Summary Report
Between 8 September 2025 and 31 January 2026, Dr Kemal Saruhan undertook a comparative placement at the Children and Young People’s Centre for Justice (CYCJ), at the
Restorative Justice Test Case Project summary report
The Children & Young People’s Centre for Justice, Community Justice Scotland and the Scottish Government are pleased to launch this report presenting summary findings from
CYCJ Annual Report 2024-2025
This report sets out the significant achievements from this period, including highlights such as: The passing of the Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Act, effectively
Scottish Child Interview Model for Joint Investigative Interviewing: an evaluation
The Children and Young People Centre for Justice (CYCJ) has published its evaluation of the Scottish Child Interview Model for Joint Investigative Interviewing. The Scottish
Informing Bairns’ Hoose implementation in Scotland: a literature review
The Children and Young People’s Centre for Justice (CYCJ) has published Informing Bairns’ Hoose in Scotland: A literature review There is a growing global recognition of the
