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Changing faces and heightened ACEs: results from the 2025 secure care census
This report presents provides a contemporary profile of every child accommodated within Scotland’s secure care estate on the day of the 2025 census. Building on
CYCJ response to the Prison population and penal reform consultation
CYCJ welcomed this consultation and support its main focus on delivering reforms to reduce the prison population to a sustainable level. Our response, however, also
CYCJ responses to calls for views on the pre-budget scrutiny process
The Children and Young People’s Centre for Justice (CYCJ) very much welcomes the opportunity to respond to the call for views on the pre-budget scrutiny
CYCJ Webinar: Complex Lives: The enduring impact of care-experience for people in the justice system
Summary: Children with experience of out-of-home care are criminalised at five times the rate of their peers. In this webinar, Dr Hope Kent will present
CYCJ Annual Report 2025-2026
This report sets out the significant achievements from this period, including highlights such as: Launching of the CYCJ eLearning platform, offering practitioners of all disciplines
Towards Child Centred Justice as a System Level Paradigm Shift: Conceptualising a New Framework Through the Scottish Whole System Approach
Child-centred justice represents a paradigm shift: moving beyond systems that merely adapt procedures for children, towards systems fundamentally designed around children’s rights, developmental needs and lived experiences. This
July 2026 E-Bulletin
Welcome to the July 2026 edition of CYCJ’s E-Bulletin! This month, we bring you the latest updates on Scotland’s youth justice policy and practice, as
Info Sheet 122 – New Pathways through Diversion from Prosecution
In the context of increasing numbers of children, young people and adults being offered – and taking up the option of participating in – Diversion
Response to the European Commission Call for Evidence: Action Plan on the Protection of Children Against Crime
The Children and Young People’s Centre for Justice (CYCJ) welcomes the development of an EU Action Plan on the protection of children against crime. The
