Reports and Research

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

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

Young People and MAPPA in Scotland

‘Young People and MAPPA in Scotland’ was written by Paul Rigby, Bill Whyte and Marguerite Schinkel.  All three were previously involved with the Centre for

Youth Justice in Scotland: Fixed in the past or fit for the future?

‘Youth Justice in Scotland: Fixed in the past or fit for the future?’ draws on research evidence, practice wisdom and policy discourse to provide a

Mental Health Difficulties in the Youth Justice Population: Learning from the first six months of the IVY project

In this paper, IVY Psychologist Leanne Gregory considers a marginalised group in our society – young people with severe psychological and mental health difficulties who

The use of the Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory (YLS/CMI) in Scotland

In this paper, CYCJ Research Fellow Nina Vaswani looks at the Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory (YLS/CMI), a generic risk assessment tool to assess the

Movement Restriction Conditions (MRCs) and youth justice: Learning from the past, challenges in the present and possibilities for the future

David Orr, CYCJ Practice Development Advisor, draws on qualitative and quantitative data from a survey of youth justice practitioners’ and managers’ experience of the implementation and

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