How can we identify children that are at risk of offending at an early stage? How can we prevent the transmission of intergenerational offending to children and young people in families with a history of offending? How can we minimise the criminogenic impact of a child’s contact with the youth justice system?
Background
We want to address the causes of reoffending using personalised evidence, live data, and digital services to better target and sequence interventions. To do this we need to build the evidence base that can inform the development of more holistic measures than ‘proven reoffending’, factoring in a broader range of outcomes.
Next steps
We can be contacted at the following email address: evidence_partnerships@justice.gov.uk.
Source
This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
Related UKRI funded projects
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Education and social care predictors of offending trajectories: An administrative data linkage study
Criminal behaviour is a global public health problem associated with a wide range of poor health and social outcomes for victims and perpetrators. Such behaviour typically follows distinct pathways or trajectories, with ...
Funded by: ESRC
Why might this be relevant?
The project aims to identify children and adolescents who are more likely to become persistent offenders before involvement with the criminal justice system begins, which directly addresses the question.
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Socio-Emotional Characteristics in Early Childhood and Offending Behaviour in Adolescence
Approximately 80 percent of persistent offenders have their first interaction with the criminal justice system before reaching adulthood and the annual cost of late intervention is approximately £17 billion (MoJ, M...
Funded by: ESRC
Why might this be relevant?
This project directly addresses the question by examining the relationship between childhood socio-emotional development and adolescent offending behavior, providing insights for early intervention strategies.
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The longitudinal association between school performance trajectories and offending behaviour
Understanding risk and protective factors for offending and re-offending is a key research priority area for the Ministry of Justice. A thorough understanding of the circumstances driving offending behaviour is imperativ...
Funded by: ESRC
Why might this be relevant?
The project investigates the association between school performance trajectories and offending behavior, which partially addresses the question. However, it does not specifically mention preventing the transmission of intergenerational offending or minimizing the criminogenic impact of a child's contact with the youth justice system.