The Swansea Bureau: A model of diversion from the Youth Justice System

Haines, Kevin; Case, Stephen; Davies, Katie; Charles, Anthony

doi:10.1016/j.ijlcj.2013.04.002

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“…Our evidence confirms insights from earlier studies that have identified a link between the promotion of open, democratic dialogue among local groups of people, the presence of 'pastoral policing' via roles such as Campus Police Officers, the fostering of power-sharing processes and the building of social capital and promotion of collective efficacy (Coleman, 1988;Frondigoun et al, 2013;Gormally and Coburn, 2013;Innes and Jones, 2006;McCoy and Scully, 2002;Neary et al, 2013). They also add weight to other recent insights from Swansea by Haines et al (2013) that demonstrate the way in which the combination of engagement, participation and informal action can ultimately help to challenge local perceptions regarding the criminalization of young people.…”

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Breaking Down Barriers with the Usual Suspects: Findings from a Research-informed Intervention with Police, Young People and Residents in the West of Scotland

Deuchar¹,

Miller²,

Barrow³

2014

Youth Justice

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This article draws upon international research evidence that suggests that cyclical stereotyping can emerge among young people, the police and local residents in communities. The article examines the impact of a research-informed local intervention in one of the most deprived communities in Scotland, where local perspectives were drawn upon as the basis for designing integration workshops. Pre-and post-interviews were conducted with young male participants, residents, police officers and youth workers. Findings suggest that the workshops stimulated social capital and fledgling attempts to generate collective efficacy. The authors draw upon the findings to make recommendations for policy, practice and research.

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confidence: 89%

Breaking Down Barriers with the Usual Suspects: Findings from a Research-informed Intervention with Police, Young People and Residents in the West of Scotland

Deuchar¹,

Miller²,

Barrow³

2014

Youth Justice

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“…Over the last 20 years, concern has grown over the criminogenic effects that formal system processing has on young people (Haines et al, 2013). A systematic review of 29 experimental studies found that court-processed adolescents were significantly more likely to reoffend within a 12-month period compared to those who were diverted (Petrosino et al, 2010).…”

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‘It’s harder to go to court yourself because you don’t really know what to expect’: Reducing the negative effects of court exposure on young people – Findings from an Evaluation in Scotland

Deuchar¹,

Σαπουνά²

2016

Youth Justice

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In Scotland, the Whole System Approach to preventing and reducing offending includes the provision of court support for young people under 18 years. This article outlines the insights from an evaluation of one Scottish local authority's support service. Semi-structured interviews conducted with 26 participants were combined with observation of interactions between support workers and young people, with some additional follow-up statistical analysis of key outcomes. The insights suggest that the court support helped to reassure young people and make them more aware of their rights. It helped many young people to avoid receiving custodial sentences, meet bail conditions, reflect upon their offending behaviour and begin to make alternative choices.

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“…Each of the solutions deriving from these pressures can, nonetheless, 'still be considered in the framework of welfarism and justice', determined by the specific contextualised resolution of the tension between the treatment of 'young offenders', as 'young' first and foremost, or principally as 'offenders' (p. 69; and see Haines et al [2013] on 'children first').…”

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Towards a ‘welfare + rights’ model in youth justice

Smith

2014

Critical and Radical Social Work

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There have been a number of attempts to elaborate models and typologies of youth justice, which are, in turn, associated with particular jurisdictions and youth justice systems. While analyses of this type represent attempts to differentiate according to specific criteria, such as their implicit understanding of the causes of young people’s behaviour, it is also a matter of debate as to whether these tend to overstate differences at the expense of commonalities and pressures towards convergence. Despite the unresolved nature of these arguments, the article nonetheless utilises the framework offered by the notion of a model of youth justice to develop an alternative conceptualisation, bringing together, rather than opposing, principles of welfare and rights, in order to argue for a progressive and clearly distinctive approach to intervention with young people whose behaviour is seen as problematic, and who are potentially criminalised.

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The Swansea Bureau: A model of diversion from the Youth Justice System

Cited by 44 publications

References 16 publications

Breaking Down Barriers with the Usual Suspects: Findings from a Research-informed Intervention with Police, Young People and Residents in the West of Scotland

Breaking Down Barriers with the Usual Suspects: Findings from a Research-informed Intervention with Police, Young People and Residents in the West of Scotland

‘It’s harder to go to court yourself because you don’t really know what to expect’: Reducing the negative effects of court exposure on young people – Findings from an Evaluation in Scotland

Towards a ‘welfare + rights’ model in youth justice

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