Our Lives with Others: An evaluation of trauma, bereavement and loss developments at HMYOI Polmont
This report reports on a study conducted by CYCJ and the School of Social Work and Social Policy at the University of Strathclyde, funded by The Robertson
Secure Care in Scotland: Looking Ahead
Secure care is the most intensive and restrictive form of alternative care in Scotland. Though the numbers of children and young people secured each year
Movement Restriction Conditions (MRCs) and Youth Justice in Scotland: Are we there yet?
Movement Restriction Conditions (MRCs) were introduced in Scotland as part of the Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004. Although as highlighted by Orr (2013), their
Positive Youth Justice: Children First, Offenders Second: presentation
This presentation was delivered by Professor Stephen Case (Loughborough University) at a joint CYCJ/University of Strathclyde School of Social Work and Social Policy seminar on
Evaluation of the Barnardo’s Safer Choices Missing Service
Research shows that children and young people who go missing from home are at a considerably higher risk of being harmed. In April 2013, in
“Between a rock and a hard place”: Responses to Offending in Residential Childcare
There is current and ongoing concern regarding the potential criminalisation of looked after young people. To address these issues, CYCJ undertook a study which aimed to: gather
