juvenile justice, youth offending, child criminal exploitation, youth gangs
Bruce Nauman, Double poke in the eye II 1985 On 23 March 2020, in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, the UK Government announced a lockdown. People were restricted from all but essential travel, permitted to get out for exercise once a day, and all but essential workers were told to remain at home. I live …
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As part of my Churchill Fellowship, I visited colleagues at the Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice based just outside Louisville. My first day was spent talking to staff at one of the Day Treatment Programs in order to understand more about how the DJJ in Kentucky supports young people who have been excluded from mainstream schools, …
Crime "mentors" Criminal “mentors” have been found to influence many young people during their early involvement in crime. These “mentors” can be peers, but they are typically older people who are now recognised as exploiting young people, often for financial gain through crime (Morselli, Tremblay & McCarthy, 2006). It is crucial, therefore, when attempting to …
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