How can we better understand levels of crime committed by children and the effect of interventions beyond proven (re-)offending rates?
Background
The objective for MoJ is to develop a sustainable and effective prison and probation service that protects the public, delivers interventions that break the cycle of reoffending and rebuilds confidence in the criminal justice system. We want to divert adults, children and young people away from crime. Our evidence interests span a range of areas through all stages of the justice system, with a particular focus on improving holistic systems-wide understanding of what works to improve outcomes.
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Related UKRI funded projects
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ORA: Understanding and Preventing Youth Crime (UPYC)
UPYC is a theory-testing comparative survey of schoolchildren's experience of, and attitudes to, crime and substance use, covering France, Germany, the Netherland, the UK and the United States of America. The study forms...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: Birkbeck, University of London
Why might this be relevant?
Partially relevant as it focuses on understanding and preventing youth crime but does not specifically address interventions beyond proven re-offending rates.
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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
Lead research organisation: King's College London
Why might this be relevant?
Fully relevant as it specifically addresses predicting offending trajectories in children and adolescents using education and social care data.
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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
Lead research organisation: University of Essex
Why might this be relevant?
Partially relevant as it focuses on socio-emotional characteristics in early childhood and offending behavior in adolescence, but does not specifically address interventions beyond proven re-offending rates.