2024-03-29T06:25:48Zhttp://uobrep.openrepository.com/oai/requestoai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/1352442020-05-12T03:10:58Zcom_10547_132194com_10547_129915col_10547_132222col_10547_129931
Real bad girls : the origins and nature of offending by girls and young women involved with a county youth offending team and systemic responses to them
Williams, Jeanette Deborah
youth justice
young offenders
female young offenders
social exclusion
L560 Probation/After Care
A thesis submitted to the University of Bedfordshire for the Professional Doctorate in Youth Justice
Amidst growing concerns about a rise in girls entering the Youth Justice System and official data highlighting increases in girls violent offending this doctoral thesis focuses on girls in the Youth Justice System. Drawing on case files and in depth interviews with a cohort of girls supervised by a Home Counties Youth Offending Team (YOT), and interviews with YOT practitioners it explores their needs and offending patterns and examines contemporary system responses to them. It aims to contribute to practice knowledge and understanding about girls offending, and to identify approaches and interventions most likely to be effective with them. Findings point to girls having multiple and interrelated needs and troubled backgrounds. Exclusion from school and non attendance, experience of severe family conflict and violence, heavy alcohol use and poverty and disadvantage are all cited as key risk factors for girls’ involvement in offending and other types of behaviour which can lead to social exclusion. Minor assault and the influence of alcohol emerge as key features in girls offending patterns. Assaults commonly arise from disputes with friends or family members, or occur whilst girls are in a mixed peer group where assaults are perpetrated against another young person or a Police Officer. The impact of more formal responses by Police and YOTS are evident and show that the highly regulated and male oriented Youth Justice System hampers the likelihood of successful interventions with girls. This study cites the importance of gender specific responses and interventions which are holistic, informal and flexible to meet the distinct needs and offending patterns of girls in the Youth Justice System. More widely early identification of girls at risk, information sharing across children, health and adult services, and the provision of a range of support and positive opportunities to girls which extend beyond the life of a Court Order are identified as key aspects of strategies aimed at improving future outcomes for girls.
2011-07-04
2011-07-04
2009-10
Thesis or dissertation
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/135244
en
University of Bedfordshire
University of Bedfordshire
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/2249552017-08-02T09:14:19Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
'We now breach more kids in a week than we used to in a whole year': the punitive turn, enforcement and custody
Bateman, Tim
2012-05-21
2012-05-21
2012-05-21
Article
Bateman, T. (2011) ''We now breach more kids in a week than we used to in a whole year': the punitive turn, enforcement and custody'. Youth Justice 11 (2):115
1473-2254
1747-6283
10.1177/1473225411406381
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/224955
Youth Justice
en
http://yjj.sagepub.com/cgi/doi/10.1177/1473225411406381
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/2249332017-08-02T09:14:11Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
Punishing poverty: the 'Scaled Approach' and youth justice practice
Bateman, Tim
2012-05-21
2012-05-21
2012-05-21
Article
Bateman, T. (2011) 'Punishing Poverty: The ‘Scaled Approach’ and Youth Justice Practice'. The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice 50 (2):171
0265-5527
10.1111/j.1468-2311.2010.00653.x
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/224933
The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice
http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/j.1468-2311.2010.00653.x
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/2249602019-07-30T11:21:38Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
Scoping review: improving educational outcomes for looked after children and young people
Brodie, Isabelle
Rutter, Deborah
Kearney, P.
Morris, Marian
Fish, S.
Clapton, J.
Boston, L.
2012-05-21
2012-05-21
2009
Report
Brodie, I. et al (2009) 'Scoping review: improving educational outcomes for looked after children and young people'. London: Centre for Excellence and Outcomes in Children and Young People's Services.
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/224960
en
http://archive.c4eo.org.uk/themes/vulnerablechildren/educationaloutcomes/files/improving_educational_outcomes_full_knowledge_review.pdf
Centre for Excellence and Outcomes in Children and Young People's Services
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/2517722019-07-30T11:21:21Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
Main review: improving educational outcomes for looked after children and young people
Brodie, Isabelle
Morris, Marian
2012-11-12
2012-11-12
2009
Article
Brodie, I., and Morris, M. (2009) "Improving educational outcomes for looked after children and young people". Vulnerable/looked-after children Research review 1." London: Centre for Excellence for outcomes in children and young people's services (C4EO).
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/251772
en
http://www.c4eo.org.uk/vulnerablechildren/researchreview01.aspx
London: Centre for Excellence and Outcomes for Children
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/2241852017-06-05T11:33:17Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
On the evidence for viruses in social work systems: law, ethics and practice
Preston-Shoot, Michael
University of Bedfordshire
2012-05-16
2012-05-16
2010-04
Article
Preston-Shoot, M. (2010) 'On the evidence for viruses in social work systems: law, ethics and practice'. European Journal of Social Work 13 (4):465
1369-1457
1468-2664
10.1080/13691450903471211
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/224185
European Journal of Social Work
en
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13691450903471211
Taylor and Francis
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/2249562017-06-05T11:32:18Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
Researching young people's outcomes in children's services: Findings from a longitudinal study
Wigley, Veronica
Preston-Shoot, Michael
McMurray, Isabella
Connolly, Helen
looked after children
social work
2012-05-21
2012-05-21
2011-04-08
Article
Wigley, V., Preston-Shoot, M., McMurray, I., Connolly, H. (2011) 'Researching young people's outcomes in children's services: Findings from a longitudinal study' Journal of Social Work 12 (6) 573–594
1468-0173
1741-296X
10.1177/1468017310394036
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/224956
Journal of Social Work
en
http://jsw.sagepub.com/cgi/doi/10.1177/1468017310394036
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/2249572012-08-01T14:52:06Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
Understanding silences and secrets in working with unaccompanied asylum seeking children
Kohli, Ravi K.S.
2012-05-21
2012-05-21
2009
Book chapter
Kohli, R. K. S. (2009) 'Understanding silences and secrets in working with unaccompanied asylum seeking children', in Thomas, N. (ed.) Children, politics and communication. Bristol: Policy Press.
978-1847421838
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/224957
en
Policy Press
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/2249832012-11-12T11:33:18Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
Brief encounters: working in complex, short-term relationships
Kohli, Ravi K.S.
Dutton, J.
2012-05-21
2012-05-21
2010
Book chapter
Kohli, R. K. S. and Dutton, J. (2010) 'Brief encounters: Working in complex, short-term relationships', in Ruch, G., Turney, D. & Ward, A. (eds.) Relationship-based social work: getting to the heart of practice. London: Jessica Kingsley.
9781849050036
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/224983
en
Jessica Kingsley
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/2249612020-04-23T07:34:29Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
Conceptualising and responding to self-neglect: the challenges for adult safeguarding
Braye, Suzy
Orr, David
Preston-Shoot, Michael
self-neglect
Purpose – The research reported here aims to scope the concept of self-neglect as it is explored in the literature and interpreted in practice by professionals involved in adult safeguarding. Design/methodology/approach – The approach taken included a systematic search and thematic analysis of English-language literature on self-neglect, workshops with UK-based adult safeguarding leads and practitioners from social services, police and health services, and scrutiny of Safeguarding Adults Boards’ documentation. Findings – The concept of self-neglect is complex with contrasting definitions and aetiology, accompanied by debates on the principles that guide intervention. Decision-making capacity is a key pivot upon which professional responses to self-neglect turn. Intervention in self-neglect requires careful exploration in the context of principles of personalisation, choice, control, and empowerment that underpin policy in adult social care and safeguarding. Research limitations/implications – As a conceptual scoping review, this study seeks to establish broad themes of use to practitioners working with self-neglect. It thus does not carry out a full quality review of the literature identified and discussed, but serves as a base for this to be done in future. Practical implications – Assessment in self-neglect should consider the influence of a number of possible causative factors, and intervention must balance respect for autonomy on the one hand and a perceived duty to preserve health and wellbeing on the other. Originality/value – This article summarises and critically analyses the emerging key features of evidence-informed practice in the challenging field of self-neglect.
2012-05-21
2012-05-21
2011
Article
Braye, S., Orr, D., Preston-Shoot, M. (2011) 'Conceptualising and responding to self-neglect: the challenges for adult safeguarding' The Journal of Adult Protection 13 (4):182
1466-8203
10.1108/14668201111177905
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/224961
The Journal of Adult Protection
en
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/14668201111177905
Emerald
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/2255282018-07-31T14:29:47Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
Food and its meaning for asylum seeking children and young people in foster care
Kohli, Ravi K.S.
Connolly, Helen
Warman, Andrea
2012-05-23
2012-05-23
2010
Article
Kohli, R. K. S., Connolly, H. & Warman, A. (2010) 'Food and its meaning for asylum seeking children and young people in foster care', Children's Geographies, 8 (3), pp.233-245.
1473-3285
1473-3277
10.1080/14733285.2010.494862
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/225528
Children's Geographies
en
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14733285.2010.494862
Archived with thanks to Children's Geographies
Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/2794792020-04-23T07:32:41Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
Learning and digital inclusion: the ELAMP project
D'Arcy, Kate
University of Bedfordshire
ELAMP
young travellers and their families
digital inclusion
travellers
Electronic Learning and Mobility Project
The Electronic Learning and Mobility Project (ELAMP) was a nationally funded project by the Department for Children, Schools and Families, which ran from 2004 to 2010. The main aim of ELAMP was to improve the education of Traveller children, particularly highly mobile learners. ELAMP focussed upon the use of mobile technology and distance learning to support, enhance and extend young Travellers’ educational and vocational opportunities. This article will reflect upon the learning and technological experiences and opportunities that the ELAMP project provided for Traveller children, young people and their families. In doing so it will critically consider the value of information technology in working with Traveller communities and advancing their educational opportunities. Reviewing ELAMP work will also demonstrate how the use of mobile technology can improve educational outcomes and Traveller families’ digital inclusion. Now that the project has ended, this article will question why we are not using what we learnt from ELAMP to move forward.
2013-04-09
2013-04-09
2012
Article
D'Arcy, K. (2012) 'Learning and digital inclusion: the ELAMP project' Research in Learning Technology 20 (0)
2156-7077
10.3402/rlt.v20i0.18603
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/279479
Research in Learning Technology
en
http://www.researchinlearningtechnology.net/index.php/rlt/article/view/18603
Archived with thanks to Research in Learning Technology
Taylor and Francis
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/2795562017-10-16T10:38:46Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
Early years support for traveller communities
D'Arcy, Kate
travellers
Research report
2013-04-10
2013-04-10
2011
Other
D'Arcy, K., (2011) 'Early Years Support for Traveller Communities', 367: 14-15, Runnymede Bulletin
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/279556
Runnymede Bulletin
en
http://www.runnymedetrust.org/uploads/bulletin/pdfs/367-BulletinAutumn11w.pdf
The Runnymede Trust
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/2795592020-04-23T07:32:53Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
ELAMP (Strand B)- Final report
D'Arcy, Kate
travellers
ELAMP
The FInal Report of the Back-on-Track project
This report is based on the ‘Back on Track’ initiative that was part of the final year of the ELAMP Strand B pilot. This initiative began in September 2009 and has involved just 12 of the TES partners, who between them have supported 50 learners. These partners were given funding to secure a consistent one - day - per - week staffing commitment. The report will discuss the cohort, their educational contexts and continued levels of achievement. It draws from the perspective of both tutors and learners and includes six case- studies which were the outcome of visits to different TES and interviews with tutors and young Travellers alike.
2013-04-10
2013-04-10
2010
Other
D'Arcy, K, (2010) 'ELAMP Strand B- Final Report', UK, NATT+
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/279559
en
http://www.natt.org.uk/resources-overview
National Association of Teachers of Travellers +Other Professionals - NATT+
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/2795572020-04-23T07:32:53Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
How can early years services improve access and inclusion into early years settings and primary schools for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children?
D'Arcy, Kate
travellers
primary education
early years
This research project explored how interagency working could put such policy and guidance into practice and considered what this work might look like at grassroots level. The research coordinator used the research to pilot a strategy, which if successful, could be rolled out and shared with other services.
2013-04-10
2013-04-10
2010
Other
D'Arcy, K., (2010) 'How can early years services improve access and inclusion into early years settings and primary schools for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children?', UK, CWDC
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/279557
en
PLR0910/005
http://www.cwdcouncil.org.uk/
The Children’s Workforce Development Council (CWDC)
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/2937152020-04-23T07:32:00Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
Gender differences in verbal communication between popular and unpopular children during an interactive task
Faulkner, Dorothy
Murphy, Suzanne
children
gender effects
peer interaction
popularity effects
Social development
This study investigated gender differences in communication effectiveness between popular and unpopular 5- to 7-year-old children. Because previous research suggests that there may be gender differences in how popular and unpopular children communicate with each other, 24 same-gender pairs (each containing a popular and an unpopular child) were videotaped playing a game. Communication effectiveness was assessed by measuring the incidence of forms of speech associated with successful collaboration (questions, directives, and elaborations). Results revealed a popularity by gender interaction. Popular girls used a greater incidence of these forms of speech compared to unpopular girls. By contrast, there was no difference in the speech of popular and unpopular boys. Findings are interpreted in relation to the nature of the task and the characteristics of popular and unpopular children.
2013-06-10
2013-06-10
2006-01-12
Conference papers, meetings and proceedings
Murphy, S. M. and Faulkner, D. (2006), 'Gender Differences in Verbal Communication between Popular and Unpopular Children During an Interactive Task'. Social Development, 15: 82–108.
10.1111/j.1467-9507.2006.00331.x
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/293715
en
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1467-9507.2006.00331.x
Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/2938892020-04-23T07:34:34Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
Poverty, riches and social citizenship
Dean, Hartley
Melrose, Margaret
At a time when the gap between rich and poor has been increasing, Poverty, Riches and Social Citizenship provides an accessible introduction to current debates about inequality, exclusion and the nature of citizenship, while also presenting an innovative exploration of popular beliefs and values in Britain. The authors develop a series of conceptual models by which to understand the competing traditions which have informed ideas about citizenship, and the contradictory moral notions that currently inform popular expectations of the welfare state.
2013-06-12
2013-06-12
1999
Book
Dean, H. and Melrose, M. (1999) 'Poverty, Riches and Social Citizenship'. Basingstoke: Macmillan.
9780333764985
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/293889
en
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Poverty-Riches-Social-Citizenship-Hartley/dp/0333764986
Macmillan
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/2941582020-04-23T07:34:00Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
Fixing it? : young people, drugs, and disadvantage
Melrose, Margaret
youth with social disabilities
social work
drug abuse
drug use
Looking at drug-taking from the perspective of young drug users, this guide discusses: why young people use drugs; the patterns of their drug use and the meaning it has for them; the link between drug use and disadvantage; and the interventions which may prevent or limit the harm of their drug use.
2013-06-19
2013-06-19
2000
Book
Melrose, M. (2000) 'Fixing it? : young people, drugs, and disadvantage' Lyme Regis, Dorset: Russell House.
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/294158
en
Russell House Publishing Limited
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/2942002018-11-20T12:25:58Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
Critical perspectives on child sexual exploitation and related trafficking
Melrose, Margaret
Pearce, Jenny J.
social policy
children's studies
criminology
violence in society
human rights
2013-06-19
2013-06-19
2013-09-04
Book
Melrose, M. and Pearce, J. (2013). Critical perspectives on child sexual exploitation and related trafficking. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/294200
en
Palgrave Macmillan
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/2941862013-06-20T09:29:25Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
One way street?: retrospectives on childhood prostitution
Melrose, Margaret
2013-06-19
2013-06-19
1999
Book
Melrose, M (1999). One way street?: Retrospectives on childhood prostitution . London: The Children's Society
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/294186
en
The Children's Society
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/2941992013-06-20T09:26:25Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
Anchors in floating lives : interventions with young people sexually abused through prostitution
Melrose, Margaret
Barrett, David
child abuse
child prostitutes
social work
prostitution
2013-06-19
2013-06-19
2004
Book
Melrose, M., Barrett, D. (2004) 'Anchors in floating lives : interventions with young people sexually abused through prostitution' Lyme Regis : Russell House Publishing
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/294199
en
http://www.russellhouse.co.uk/?state=pre_display_stockcode&stockcode=978-1-903855-21-8
Russell House Publishing
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/2949642013-07-01T10:42:22Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
Enticing subjects and disembodied objects
Dean, Hartley
Melrose, Margaret
research ethics
social policy research
social policy
SPA
2013-07-01
2013-07-01
1996
Book chapter
Melrose, M.and Dean, H. (1996) 'Enticing subjects and disembodied objects', in Dean, H. Ethics and social policy research. Luton: University of Luton Press.
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/294964
en
University of Luton Press
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/2949652013-07-01T10:44:14Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
Word from the street: the perils and pains of researching begging
Melrose, Margaret
Dean, Hartley
begging
social marginality
social policy
2013-07-01
2013-07-01
1999
Book chapter
Melrose, M. and Dean,H.(1999) 'Word from the street: the perils and pains of researching begging', In: Dean,H. Begging questions : street-level economic activity and social policy failure. Bristol : Policy Press.
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/294965
en
Policy Press
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/2949802013-07-01T10:45:19Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
Easy pickings or hard profession? begging as an economic activity
Melrose, Margaret
Dean, Hartley
begging
social marginality
social policy
2013-07-01
2013-07-01
1999
Book chapter
Melrose, M.and Dean,H. (1999) 'Easy pickings or hard profession? Begging as an economic activity', In: Dean,H. Begging questions : street-level economic activity and social policy failure. Bristol : Policy Press.
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/294980
en
Policy Press
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/2949662020-04-23T07:30:08Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
Young people abused through prostitution: some observations for practice
Melrose, Margaret
young people
commercial sexual exploitation
child abuse
prostitution
This paper discusses the situation of young people sexually exploited through prostitution noting the semantic and practical shifts that have occurred in relation to this issue as it has risen up the political agenda in recent years. It explores what we know about the context in which the commercial sexual exploitation of young people occurs, the scale of the problem and the processes through which young people become involved. The paper then considers what these young people might need in terms of practice responses if they are to be supported out of prostitution.
2013-07-01
2013-07-01
2004
Article
Melrose, M. (2004) 'Young people abused through prostitution: some observations for practice', Practice: Social Work in Action, 16(1) pp. 17-29.
10.1080/0950315042000254938
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/294966
Practice: Social Work in Action
en
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0950315042000254938
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0950315042000254938#.UdFQEdKWbKg
Routledge
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/2949932020-04-23T07:36:54Zcom_10547_132193com_10547_132194col_10547_132217col_10547_132222
Breaking down barriers to accessing mental health support services - a qualitative study among young South Asian and African-Caribbean communities in Luton
Neale, Jo
Worrell, Marcia
Randhawa, Gurch
University of Bedfordshire
Roehampton University
cultural competence
mental health
mental health services
Samaritans
South Asian
The art, science and politics of creating a mentally healthy society
Recent research has suggested that there is limited information about mental health help-seeking among young African—Caribbean and South Asian communities. This study explores the mental health support needs and perceptions of the Samaritans among young African—Caribbean and South Asian people living in Luton. Five single-sex focus groups were conducted among the three main South Asian groups and African—Caribbeans in Luton. This paper describes the challenges faced by service providers and potential users from minority ethnic groups in respectively providing and accessing mental health services. Finally, the paper makes some recommendations for developing culturally competent and more visible service provision.
2013-07-01
2013-07-01
2009
Article
Neale, Jo, Worrell, Marcia and Randhawa,Gurch (2009) 'Breaking down barriers to accessing mental health support services - a qualitative study among young South Asian and African-Caribbean communities in Luton', Journal of Public Mental Health, 8(2), pp.15 - 25.
1746-5729
10.1108/17465729200900010
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/294993
Journal of Public Mental Health
en
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?articleid=1934813&show=abstract
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/2949952019-09-23T09:34:28Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
Special educational needs provision in mainstream schools in Luton: the views of stakeholders
Cline, Tony
Neale, Jo
2013-07-01
2013-07-01
1999
Technical Report
Neale, J. and Cline, T. (1999) 'Special educational needs provision in mainstream schools in Luton: the views of stakeholders' Report to Luton Borough Council Education Department.
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/294995
en
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/2950412013-07-02T12:18:31Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
Youth, minorities, drugs and policing: a study of stop and search
Marlow, Alan
drugs
young people
policing
2013-07-02
2013-07-02
1999
Book chapter
Marlow, A. (1999) 'Youth, minorities, drugs and policing: a study of stop and search', in Marlow, A. and G. Pearson, (eds.) 'Young People, Drugs and Community Safety' Dorset: Russell House Publishing, p. 81.
1898924384
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/295041
en
Russell House Publishing
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/3020692020-04-23T07:30:29Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
Educating difficult adolescents: effective education for children in public care with emotional and behavioural difficulties.
Berridge, David
Beecham, Jennifer
Dance, Cherilyn
Field, Sarah
Educational achievements for children in care are significantly poorer than for the general school population. This book explores why this is and how to enable children in care to succeed in the classroom. It evaluates the educational experience and performance of a sample of `difficult' adolescents living in foster families, residential children's homes and residential special schools for pupils with behavioural, emotional and social difficulties (BESD). The book addresses factors such as the failure to prioritise education for children in care, placement instability and disrupted schooling. It investigates care environments, policy changes and young people's background experiences - as well as the costs of services - in order to gauge the effectiveness of targeted initiatives. The authors adopt a multidisciplinary approach to suggest how best to support children in care in educational settings. This book will be essential reading for professionals supporting children in care, including social workers, directors of children's services, policy makers, school leaders, teachers and managers in the public, voluntary and private sectors. It is also highly relevant for social work and education lecturers, researchers and students.
2013-09-23
2013-09-23
2008
Book
Berridge, D., Dance, C., Beecham, J. and Field, S. (2008) 'Educating Difficult Adolescents: Effective Education for Children in Public Care or with Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties' London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
9781843106814
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/302069
en
http://www.jkp.com/catalogue/book/9781843106814
Jessica Kingsley
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/3020782020-04-23T07:30:29Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
Negative parental treatment of the singled out child: responses to the problem by health visitors, social services departments and child and adolescent mental health services
Dance, Cherilyn
Rushton, Alan
Institute of Psychiatry, London
child mental health
differential parenting
emotional abuse
identification of risk
rejection
therapeutic intervention
The focus of this three-part study was on the recognition of, and service response to, families in which negative or rejecting behaviour is shown towards one of the children, whereas the siblings are accepted. Part 1 was an interview-based survey of health visitors’ views. They were able to identify families with such problems but were seldom in a position to intervene constructively and referrals to specialist services were not easily achieved. Part 2 was a case file study based on referrals of alleged emotional abuse to social services offices. The nature of the risk-assessment process undertaken by social workers was explored and it was shown that, beyond the initial stage of seeing the families, a lack of capacity was evident to provide structured assessments of the child, formal assessment of parenting and observation of the parent-child relationship. One-third of the emotional abuse cases were subject to child protection registration but only a minority received substantial social work intervention. Although it was found that singly rather than jointly referred children were given less priority and had less-thorough assessments, this could have been related to other characteristics of these children. Part 3 explored how child mental health professionals conceptualized the families’ difficulties, devised therapeutic interventions, considered obstacles to engaging the families and assessed the benefit of psychological help. It was acknowledged that some of these families can present a considerable challenge to any child welfare system because of denial of the problem or difficulties in engaging with existing services. More attention needs to be paid in these cases to maternal mental health problems, especially depression. Recommendations are made for developing more accessible preventive services while ensuring the protection and effective treatment of the singled-out child.
2013-09-23
2013-09-23
2005
Article
Rushton, A., & Dance, C. (2005). 'Negative parental treatment of the singled-out child: responses to the problem by health visitors, social services departments and child and adolescent mental health services' Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 10(3), 413-428.
1359-1045
10.1177/1359104505053758
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/302078
Clinical child psychology and psychiatry
en
http://ccp.sagepub.com/content/10/3/413.short
Sage Publications
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/3020792020-04-23T07:30:30Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
The outcomes of late permanent placements: the adolescent years
Dance, Cherilyn
Rushton, Alan
King's College London
adoption
adoption outcomes
disruption
longitudinal study
permanent placement
Using interview and questionnaire data based on a sample of 133 late-placed adoption and permanent foster care placements, Alan Rushton and Cherilyn Dance report on the outcomes of their prospective study as the children arrive at their teenage years (range 11-16). After a year, the young people remained with their new families in 92 per cent of cases and six years later 71 per cent of families were still together, a rate which is largely consistent with similar research samples. The disruptions took place at all points, but on average occurred at 34 months after placement. The reasons for placement endings were examined and differences between the disrupted and the 'continuing but unhappy' placements were explored. In the continuing placements, the parents' views of their experiences fell into three groups: the happy throughout, the happy now but not always so, and the largely negative responses. Most of the parents in the latter group were still being severely tested by developmental and behavioural problems, including aggression, destructiveness and over-activity.
2013-09-23
2013-09-23
2004
Article
Rushton, A., & Dance, C. (2004) 'The outcomes of late permanent placements: the adolescent years' Adoption & Fostering Journal, 28(1), 49-58.
0308-5759
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/302079
Adoption & Fostering Journal
en
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/baaf/afj/2004/00000028/00000001/art00007
British Association for Adoption and Fostering
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/3000142020-04-23T07:30:31Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
Labour pains: some considerations on the difficulties of researching juvenile prostitution
Melrose, Margaret
prostitution
This paper reflects on an empirical, retrospective study of juvenile prostitution. It aims to explore the ways in which the practical constraints, practical difficulties and ethical considerations that are inevitably encountered in a 'sensitive' area of research, such as young people who are exploited through prostitution, are intrinsically linked to choice of methods and the process of the research. It argues that in such research pragmatism in choice of methods is necessary to achieve the epistemological aims, of allowing the voices of disadvantaged young people who are exploited through their involvement in prostitution to be heard, while maintaining ethical integrity. In addition the paper reflects on the emotional impact of research such as this on researchers and suggests ways in which research design and the collaborative efforts of research teams may minimise potentially negative impacts on researchers. The author suggests that by anticipating problems posed by research into young people who are sexually exploited through prostitution, ethical and practical difficulties might be negotiated to enable research in this field to be taken forward in the future.
2013-08-28
2013-08-28
2002
Article
Melrose, M. (2002). 'Labour pains: Some considerations on the difficulties of researching juvenile prostitution' International Journal of Social Research Methodology. 5(4):333
1364-5579
1464-5300
10.1080/13645570110045963
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/300014
International Journal of Social Research Methodology
en
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13645570110045963
Archived with thanks to International Journal of Social Research Methodology
Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/3000432020-04-23T07:30:36Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
Young people, welfare reform and
social insecurity
Melrose, Margaret
neo-liberalism
young people
informal economy
unemployment
poverty
This article traces the continuities between welfare reforms pursued under New Labour and those proposed by the Coalition government in the UK. It suggests that these reforms sought and continue to seek to discipline young people to accept low-paid, insecure work and unemployment and thereby entrench their poverty and disadvantage. The article argues that faced with this social and economic insecurity many young people may opt for informal opportunities in the shadow economy where they will become further dislocated from the socio-economic mainstream.
2013-08-28
2013-08-28
2012-03
Article
Melrose, M. (2012) ‘Young people, welfare reform and social insecurity’, Youth and Policy No.108, pp.1-20
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/300043
Youth and Policy
en
http://www.youthandpolicy.org/margaret-melrose-young-people-welfare-reform-and-social-insecurity/
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/3000622020-04-23T07:30:36Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
The government's new prostitution strategy: a cheap fix for drug-using sex workers?
Melrose, Margaret
anti-social behaviour
vulnerability
sex work
prostitution
This article considers the recommendations to the government's public consultation exercise for drug-using sex workers (Home Office, 2004). It argues that the ‘problem’ of drug use by sex workers cannot be separated from wider social problems experienced by this group, especially the problem of poverty. It suggests that the new prostitution strategy conflates drug use and sex work, reducing involvement in the latter to a problem of the former. Thus, other social problems experienced by these women, particularly the problems of poverty and social exclusion, are side-stepped. By so doing, the government absolves itself of responsibility to tackle the underlying conditions that drive women and young people into prostitution and problematic drug use, leading me to argue that the new strategy offers a ‘cheap fix’ for drug-using sex workers.
2013-08-28
2013-08-28
2007
Article
Melrose, Margaret (2007) 'The government's new prostitution strategy: A cheap fix for drug-using sex workers?', Safer Communities, 6(1)pp.18 - 26.
1757-8043
10.1108/17578043200700004
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/300062
Safer Communities
en
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/17578043200700004
Archived with thanks to Safer Communities
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/3000422020-04-23T07:30:36Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
Manageable discord: fraud and resistance in the social security system
Dean, Hartley
Melrose, Margaret
social security
fraud
reflexivity
anxiety
resistance
This article presents findings from a study of the attitudes and beliefs of social security claimants engaged in benefit fraud. The basis for a taxonomy of such claimants is outlined, drawing upon concepts of reflexivity and anxiety. This is compared and contrasted with other theoretically-drawn taxonomies, one relating to workplace crime, the other to the consumption of social care services. Finally, the article considers whether benefit fraud is intelligible as resistance to social control. It is argued that benefit fraud represents a conservative form of resistance. Benefit fraud does not signify a “culture” of resistance, so much as a “manageable” form of rule-breaking.
2013-08-28
2013-08-28
1997-06
Article
Dean, H., Melrose, M.. (1997). Manageable discord: fraud and resistance in the social security system. Social Policy and Administration, 31 (2), p103-118.
0144-5596
1467-9515
10.1111/1467-9515.00043
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/300042
Social Policy and Administration. An international Journal of Policy and Research
en
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/links/doi/10.1111%2F1467-9515.00043
Archived with thanks to Social Policy and Administration
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Courting controversy - children sexually abused through prostitution - are they everybody's distant relatives but nobody's children
Barrett, David
Melrose, Margaret
This article explores the economic and political forces that affect children who are sexually abused through prostitution. Further, it considers and examines issues relating to recent government guidance and protocols and how these are working in practice.
2013-08-28
2013-08-28
2003
Article
Barrett, D., & Melrose, M. (2003). 'Courting Controversy-Children Sexually Abused through Prostitution-Are They Everybody's Distant Relatives but Nobody's Children' Child & Family Law Quarterly, 15, 371.
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/300044
en
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2030895
Child and Family Law Quarterly
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/3000612020-04-23T07:30:36Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
The flesh trade in Europe: trafficking in women and children for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation
Melrose, Margaret
Barrett, David
prostitution
trafficking
women
Criminal Exploitation of Women and Children: The Role for the Police
This paper explores the phenomenon of trafficking for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation (CSE) in the context of a changing Europe and pays particular attention to the situation in the UK. It discusses difficulties with defining the issue of trafficking and the reasons for an apparent increase in this phenomenon in recent years. It then considers trafficking as a process and the challenges of measuring the scale of the problem. The paper goes on to consider trafficking routes and examines the situation in Britain. Finally, official responses to the problem in Britain are considered.
2013-08-28
2013-08-28
2006-08-18
Article
Melrose, M. and Barrett, D.(2006) The flesh trade in Europe: trafficking in women and children for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation', Police Practice and Research, 7(2) pp.111-123.
1561-4263
1477-271X
10.1080/15614260600676775
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/300061
Police Practice and Research
en
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15614260600676775
Archived with thanks to Police Practice and Research
Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group)
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/3000762020-04-23T07:30:36Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
Young people and drugs
Melrose, Margaret
drug abuse
"Drugs: Policy and Politics" is an accessible introduction to the links between drugs and social policy. Assessing current and recent policies and political responses, it considers the ways in which drugs policy is formulated and implemented in the UK and Europe. The book examines the dynamic context of drug policy through discussions of broader policy fields such as health and the criminal justice system. The contributors offer evidence-based insights into the social complexities of both drug use and drug users, as they examine those specific groups who are associated with particular patterns of drug use. Drug issues are linked with aspects of gender, race and social exclusion, all of which have a resonance in the current discourses of policy making. "Drugs: Policy and Politics" provides an important set of tools with which to rethink the diversity of drug use and drug users. It is important reading for social policy students and researchers, as well as trainee social workers, probation officers, police and prison officers.
2013-08-28
2013-08-28
2006
Book chapter
Melrose, M. (2006) 'Young people and drugs', In: Hughes, R., Lart, R.and Higate, P. Drugs : policy and politics. New York: Open University Press.
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/300076
en
Open University Press
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/3000552017-08-02T09:19:37Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
The RHP companion to youth justice
Bateman, Tim
Pitts, John
juvenile justice
youth justice
2013-08-28
2013-08-28
2005
Book
Bateman, T., & Pitts, J. (Eds.). (2005). The RHP companion to youth justice. Lyme Regis : Russell House.
1903855497
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/300055
en
Russell House
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/3000632020-04-23T07:30:36Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
Trying to make a silk purse from a sow's ear? a comment on the government's prostitution strategy
Melrose, Margaret
kerb crawling
prostitution
The government published A Co-ordinated Street Prostitution Strategy and Response to ‘Paying the Price’ in January 2006. In this article the proposals are critically assessed. It is argued that whilst there are some beneficial aspects, there is little new in the proposals that are based upon a long-standing paradigm.
2013-08-28
2013-08-28
2006
Article
Margaret Melrose, (2006) 'Trying to make a silk purse from a sow's ear? A comment on the government's prostitution strategy', Safer Communities, 5(2) pp.4 - 13.
1757-8043
10.1108/17578043200600012
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/300063
Safer Communities
en
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/17578043200600012
Archived with thanks to Safer Communities
Emerald Group Publishing Ltd
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/3000542020-04-23T07:30:36Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
Street prostitution and community safety: a case of contested meanings?
Melrose, Margaret
community safety
prostitution
sex market
This article considers the issues of ‘street prostitution’ and ‘community safety’ in terms of the discursive construction of each. It argues that in the late-modern age, concepts such as ‘community’ and ‘safety’ are problematic and their meaning cannot be taken for granted. The discussion then probes discursive constructions of ‘the prostitute’ and explores the causes of prostitution, its legal regulation and the apparent resilience of street sex markets to various forms of intervention in different places and at different times. The article concludes by considering prostitute women as members of the community and reflects on what this might mean in terms of community safety strategies.
2013-08-28
2013-08-28
2003
Article
Margaret Melrose, (2003) "Street prostitution and community safety: a case of contested meanings?", Safer Communities, Vol. 2(1), pp.21 - 31.
1757-8043
10.1108/17578043200300005
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/300054
Safer Communities
en
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/17578043200300005
Archived with thanks to Safer Communities
MCB UP Ltd
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/3001012017-08-02T09:19:25Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
Court reports
Bateman, Tim
Pitts, John
2013-08-28
2013-08-28
2005
Book chapter
Bateman, T. (2005) 'Court reports' in Bateman, T. and Pitts, J. (eds.), The RHP Companion to Youth Justice. Lyme Regis: Russell House Press, pp. 113—18.
9781903855492
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/300101
en
Russell House Publishing
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/3001022017-08-02T09:19:17Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
Conclusion: what the evidence tells us
Bateman, Tim
Pitts, John
2013-08-28
2013-08-28
2005
Book chapter
Bateman, T. & Pitts, J. (2005) 'Conclusion: what the evidence tells us', in The RHP Companion to Youth Justice. Lyme Regis: Russell House Publishing, pp.248-58.
9781903855492
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/300102
en
Russell House Publishing
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/3020802017-08-02T09:17:14Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
Custody rate
Bateman, Tim
2013-09-23
2013-09-23
2008
Book chapter
Bateman, T (2008) 'Custody rate' in Goldson, B (ed) The Dictionary of Youth Justice. Portland, Or. : Willan, 2008
1843922932
9781843922933
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/302080
en
Willan
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/3021022017-08-02T09:17:07Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
Detention and training orders
Bateman, Tim
2013-09-23
2013-09-23
2008
Book chapter
Bateman, T. (2008) ‘Detention and training orders’ in Goldson, B (ed) The Dictionary of Youth Justice. Portland, Or. : Willan, 2008
1843922932
9781843922933
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/302102
en
Willan
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/3020972017-08-02T09:16:55Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
Individual support orders
Bateman, Tim
2013-09-23
2013-09-23
2008
Book chapter
Bateman, T. (2008) ‘Individual support orders’ in Goldson, B. (ed) The Dictionary of Youth Justice. Portland, Or. : Willan, 2008.
1843922932
9781843922933
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/302097
en
Willan
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/3021042017-08-02T09:16:45Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
Pre-sentence reports
Bateman, Tim
2013-09-23
2013-09-23
2008
Book chapter
Bateman, T (2008) 'Pre-sentence reports' in Goldson, B (ed) The Dictionary of Youth Justice. Portland, Or. : Willan, 2008.
1843922932
9781843922933
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/302104
en
Willan
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/3021052017-08-02T09:16:18Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
New Labour and youth justice: what works or what’s counted?
Bateman, Tim
Pitts, John
2013-09-23
2013-09-23
2010
Book chapter
Bateman, T and Pitts, J. (2010) 'New Labour and Youth Justice: What Works or What's counted' in Ayre, P. and Preston-Shoot, M. (eds) 'Children's Services at the Crossroads: a critical evaluation of contemporary policy for practice' Lyme Regis: Russell House Publishing
9781905541645
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/302105
en
http://www.russellhouse.co.uk/index.cgi?state=pre_display_stockcode&session=&stockcode=978-1-905541-64-5
Russell House Publishing Ltd.
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/3000862020-04-23T07:33:52Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
Living with final warnings: making the best of a bad job?
Bateman, Tim
Youth Justice Vol. 2 No. 3
This article examines the final warning scheme from a number of perspectives. In the first place it considers the rationale for the abolition of police cautioning for children and young people and subjects it to critique. It then reviews the recent evidence that has a bearing on the likely impact of the scheme in terms of the prevention of offending. Finally, some unintended consequences of the new system, with particular reference to its implementation, are identified, and some related observations regarding the potential implications for practitioners are discussed.
2013-08-28
2013-08-28
2002-12
Article
Bateman, T. (2002) 'Living with final warnings: making the best of a bad job?', Youth Justice, 2(3), pp.131-140.
10.1177/147322540200200302
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/300086
Youth Justice
en
Sage Publications
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/3020962017-08-02T09:16:37Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
Exclusion orders
Bateman, Tim
2013-09-23
2013-09-23
2008
Book chapter
Bateman, T. (2008) ‘Exclusion orders’ in Goldson, B (ed) The Dictionary of Youth Justice. Portland, Or. : Willan, 2008
1843922932
9781843922933
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/302096
en
Willan
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/3021032017-08-02T09:19:00Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
Grave offences
Bateman, Tim
2013-09-23
2013-09-23
2008
Book chapter
Bateman, T. (2008) 'Grave offences' in Goldson, B. (ed) The Dictionary of Youth Justice. Portland, Or. : Willan, 2008
1843922932
9781843922933
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/302103
en
Willan
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/3021062017-08-02T09:14:55Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
With the benefit of hindsight: the disturbances of August 2011 in historical context
Bateman, Tim
2013-09-23
2013-09-23
2012
Book chapter
Bateman, T. (2012) 'With the benefit of hindsight: the disturbances of August 2011 in historical context' in Briggs, D. (ed) The English Riots of 2011: A Summer of Discontent, Sherfield on Loddon Hook, Hampshire: Waterside.
9781904380887
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/302106
en
Waterside Press
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/3000772020-04-23T07:33:52Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
Custodial sentencing of children: prospects for reversing the tide
Bateman, Tim
This article examines the extent of custodial sentencing of children in England and Wales and locates it within the context of Article 37 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Drawing on a recent survey, undertaken by NACRO on behalf of the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales, the evidence for the existence of ‘justice by geography’ in terms of the use of custody is reviewed, and factors which might account for variations in sentencing practice are explored. Finally, an assessment is given of the prospects for reversing the recent trend to deprive increasing numbers of children of their liberty, in the light of current developments in policy and practice.
2013-08-28
2013-08-28
2001
Article
Bateman, T. (2001) Custodial sentencing of children: prospects for reversing the tide, Youth Justice, 1(1), 28-39.
10.1177/147322540100100104
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/300077
Youth Justice
en
Sage Publications
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/3000872020-04-23T07:33:52Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
Reducing child imprisonment: a systemic challenge
Bateman, Tim
Youth Justice August 2005 vol. 5 no. 2 91-105
This article seeks to make explicit the obstacles to reducing child custody in order to understand better what is required of an effective decarcerative strategy. It argues that a punitive turn, with its origins in the early 1990s, was responsible both for a subsequent inflation of the numbers of children in custodial establishments and for a range of systemic changes which serve to maintain the population of the juvenile secure estate at high levels. Thus, although recent efforts to reduce custody have tended to focus on provision of robust and credible community based programmes, rates of diversion, shifts in the tariff and movements in practitioner attitude are as important as programmatic concerns to the success, or otherwise, of initiatives designed to function as alternatives to custody.
2013-08-28
2013-08-28
2005-08
Article
Bateman, T. (2005) 'Reducing child imprisonment: a systemic challenge', Youth Justice, 5(2), pp.91-105.
10.1177/147322540500500203
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/300087
Youth Justice
en
Sage Publications
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/3001032020-04-23T07:33:52Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
An effective tool if used appropriately : but what is an appropriate use of Asbos for young people?
Bateman, Tim
agency perception
anti-social behaviour orders
breach
effectiveness
inconsistency
young people
This article considers the use of Asbos as a response to problematic behaviour exhibited by children and young people under the age of 18 years. Drawing on research conducted on behalf of the Youth Justice Board, it suggests that the perceptions of key professionals involved in the Asbo process may have a greater impact on their use than the level of anti-social behaviour in an area.
2013-08-28
2013-08-28
2007
Article
Bateman, T. (2007) ‘An effective tool if used appropriately’: but what is an appropriate use of Asbos for young people?', Safer Communities, Vol. 6 Iss: 3, pp.14 - 21
10.1108/17578043200700020
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/300103
Safer Communities
en
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/3021002020-04-23T07:33:49Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
Ignoring necessity: the court’s decision to impose an ASBO on a child
Bateman, Tim
anti-social behaviour
anti-social behaviour orders
decision making
intervention
law courts
young people
youth justice
Asbo
The anti-social behavior order has proved to be one of the more controversial elements of the Government’s agenda for law and order. On the face of it, however, little of that controversy is reflected in the court process, where the ‘success rate’ of applications for such orders is extremely high. Drawing on recent research on the use of ASBOs against children, this article aims to explore some of the factors that determine whether an application against a young person below the age of 18 years is granted. It is argued that while courts generally require strong evidence to establish the young person’s involvement in anti-social behavior, less attention is paid to the issue of whether an ASBO is necessary to prevent further incidence of misconduct. It is further contended that necessity is overlooked, in part, because magistrates and district judges (and defence solicitors) tend to assume, sometimes erroneously, that applications for ASBOs against children are only initiated where other measures have been tried and failed.
2013-09-23
2013-09-23
2007-11-09
Article
Bateman, T. (2007) 'Ignoring necessity: the court's decision to impose an ASBO on a child' Child and Family Law Quarterly, 19(3), pp.304-321
1358-8184
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/302100
Child and Family Law Quarterly
en
Jordan Publishing Limited
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/3021102020-04-23T07:33:44Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
Target practice: sanction detection and the criminalisation of children
Bateman, Tim
In the tick-box culture that has come to dominate the criminal justice world, some performance measures appear to have more influence on outcomes than others. The Youth Justice Board's (YJB's) target to effect a 10% reduction in the number of children in custody, in the three years from April 2005, remains unmet. At the end of March 2008, the juvenile secure population had risen by 10% over the relevant period, and – at 2,942 – stood at 22% above the figure of 2,408 required by the measure. By contrast, the Government's target to increase the number of ‘offences brought to justice’ (OBTJ), from 1.025m in 2002 to 1.25m in 2007/08, has proved rather easier to meet. In the year ending June 2007, 1.434m offences were dealt with by way of a recognised ‘sanction detection’ (reprimand, warning, caution, cannabis warning, penalty notice for disorder, charge or summons), a rise of 43% over the 2002 baseline (Home Office, 2007).
2013-09-23
2013-09-23
2008
Article
Bateman, T. (2008). 'Target practice: sanction detection and the criminalisation of children' Criminal justice matters, 73(1), 2-4.
0962-7251
1934-6220
10.1080/09627250802274139
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/302110
Criminal justice matters
en
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09627250802274139#.UkA39H91gnY
Taylor and Francis
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/3021122020-04-23T07:33:35Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
Who pulled the plug? towards an explanation of the fall in child imprisonment in England and Wales
Bateman, Tim
University of Bedfordshire
This article offers an analysis of the recent fall in youth custody in England and Wales. It argues that parallels can be drawn between the present period and the decline in child imprisonment during Margaret Thatcher’s premiership in the 1980s. In particular, increased diversion and a depoliticization of youth crime have contributed to a more tolerant decision making within the court arena. Some remarks on the implications for an understanding of the punitive turn are offered and an assessment of the prospect for future trends is provided in the light of the riots of August 2011.
2013-09-23
2013-09-23
2012
Article
Bateman, T. (2012) ‘Who pulled the plug? Towards an explanation of the fall in child imprisonment’ in Youth Justice 12(1)
1473-2254
10.1177/1473225411435616
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/302112
Youth Justice
en
http://yjj.sagepub.com/content/12/1/36.abstract
Sage Publications
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/3021092020-04-23T07:33:52Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
A questionable strategy: ASBOs and youth misbehaviour
Bateman, Tim
Nacro
During 2005/06, teenagers hanging around on the street topped the list of public concerns about antisocial behaviour (ASB). Almost one in three considered young people on the street to be a fairly big or very big problem in their locality: an increase of 60% since 1992.1 The intensity of public concern provides an essential backdrop for understanding what has frequently proved to be a polarised debate about the use of antisocial behaviour orders (ASBOs) for those below the age of 18.
2013-09-23
2013-09-23
2007
Article
Bateman, T. (2007) 'A questionable strategy: ASBOs and youth misbehaviour' Safer Society 31, p24-25.
1464-8415
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/302109
Safer society : the journal of crime reduction and community safety
en
http://www.nacro.org.uk/data/files/nacro-2008021319-62.pdf
Nacro Magazine
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/3021212020-04-23T07:33:43Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
Reoffending as a measure of effectiveness of youth justice intervention: a critical note
Bateman, Tim
University of Bedfordshire
measures of effectiveness
performance indicators
reconviction
reoffending of juveniles
sanction detection
youth justice
Figures published by the Ministry of Justice show significant progress against New Labour's targets to reduce reoffending by young people within the youth justice system. The outgoing government was, unsurprisingly, quick to infer that such findings constituted corroboration of the improved effectiveness of youth justice practice under their administration. This article considers whether such an inference is warranted and discusses other potential explanations of the data.
2013-09-23
2013-09-23
2010
Article
Bateman, T. (2010) 'Reoffending as a measure of effectiveness of youth justice intervention: a critical note', Safer Communities, 9(3) pp.28-35
1757-8043
10.5042/sc.2010.0393
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/302121
Safer Communities
en
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?articleid=1935970
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/3021222020-04-23T07:33:43Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
Child imprisonment: exploring injustice by geography
Bateman, Tim
University of Bedfordshire
sentences
young offender institutions
young offenders
youth courts
youth justice
youth offending teams
The risk that a child might be confined to the secure estate depends to a large extent on the post code of the court in which he or she is sentenced. At the level of individual youth offending team (YOT) area, the difference is 1 in 5 cases leading to a court disposal in Merthyr Tydfil to 1 in 150 in Dorset. This variation cannot be explained by local patterns of youth crime, but is indicative of a form of injustice. The article demonstrates that sentence decision-making at the local level is sensitive to a range of factors which distinguish the areas with a high use of detention from those which deprive few children of their liberty. These factors are: the extent of pre-court diversion; the distribution of sentencing options below the level of custody; and the manner in which youth justice practitioners respond to children who come to the attentions of YOTs. The article concludes that areas where the level of child imprisonment remains relatively low retain elements from an earlier era of youth justice committed to decriminalisation, diversion and decarceration. In contrast, localities with higher rates of incarceration show more features associated with the punitive turn of the early 1990s.
2013-09-23
2013-09-23
2011
Article
Bateman, T. (2011) 'Child imprisonment: exploring injustice by geography' in Prison Service journal 197, pp10-16
0300-3558
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/302122
Prison Service journal
en
http://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/sites/crimeandjustice.org.uk/files/PSJ%20September%202011%20No.%20197.pdf
HM Prison Service
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/3021472020-04-23T07:33:52Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
Patterns of sentencing: differential sentencing across England and Wales
Bateman, Tim
Stanley, Chris
Nacro
Youth Justice Board
British Quality Foundation
juvenile court statistics
juvenile court trends
England
sentencing
sentencing factors
Wales
United Kingdom
youth justice
This report presents findings from a research study commissioned by the Youth Justice Board to identify the relative seriousness of offenses leading to custody and other high level penalties in a range of areas where differential patterns of custodial sentencing prevailed. Criminal statistics for England and Wales reveal substantial geographic variation in the pattern of youth sentencing. Statistics to the Youth Justice Board (YJB) provides evidence of this variation. This research study, commissioned by the YJB, explored any relationship between the use of high tariff disposal, with a particular emphasis on custodial penalties, and a range of possible influences upon patterns of sentencing. The study specifically investigated the distribution of sentences below the level of custody, case gravity, including the seriousness of current offending and previous convictions, the perceived range and quality of local youth justice services to support court orders short of custody, and the effectiveness of communication between the youth offending team and the court and the exchange of information between agencies involved in the delivery of youth justice. Highlights of key findings on distinguishing characteristics typical of high and low custody areas include for low custody areas: (1) greater use of lower level penalties; (2) lower use of community sentences; (3) greater use of unconditional bail; (4) magistrates express greater confidence in delivery of services; and (5) pre-sentence reports more effective as a mechanism for provision of information. Highlights of key findings for high custody areas include: (1) lower use of lower level penalties; (2) higher use of community penalties; (3) lower average case gravity scores for community sentences; (4) magistrates express reduced confidence in delivery of services; and (5) pre-sentence reports less effective as a mechanism for provision of information. Appendixes 1-5
2013-09-24
2013-09-24
2002
Article
Bateman, T., & Stanley, C. (2002) 'Patterns of sentencing: differential sentencing across England and Wales' Youth Justice Board.
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/302147
Youth Justice Board
en
http://yjbpublications.justice.gov.uk/en-gb/Scripts/fileDownload.asp?file=PattofsentSum%2Epdf
NCJRS Publication
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Housing needs and experiences
Arnull, Elaine
Eagle, Susannah
Gammampila, Alex
Patel, Shilpa L.
Sadler, Jo
Thomas, Sue
Bateman, Tim
Nacro
Middlesex University
Policy & Practice Research Group
housing
2013-09-24
2013-09-24
2007
Article
Arnull, E., Eagle, S., Gammampila, A., Patel, S. L., Sadler, J., Thomas, S., & Bateman, T. (2007) 'Housing needs and experiences' Youth Justice Board.
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/302151
en
http://www.yjb.gov.uk/publications/Resources/Downloads/Accommodation%20Needs%20and%20Experiences%20-%20Full%20Report.pdf
Youth Justice Board
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/3021812020-04-23T07:33:31Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
Children in conflict with the law: an overview of trends and developments – 2010/2011
Bateman, Tim
National Association for Youth Justice
youth justice
The youth justice system is an ever changing landscape. Shifts in legislation, policy and practice generate corresponding transformations in the treatment of children who come to the attention of criminal justice agencies. Substantial variation in responses to youth crime owes little to changes in children’s offending behaviour or to a growing awareness of ‘what works’ (itself a contested issue) 1 but is largely a function of political and financial considerations. The National Association for Youth Justice (NAYJ) believes that an understanding of these changes provides an important contextual base for those who wish to argue for reform of the current arrangements for dealing with children in trouble in favour of a child friendly youth justice system. Such an understanding is also a prerequisite of providing child friendly services within that system.
2013-09-24
2013-09-24
2012
Article
Bateman, T. (2012) 'Children in conflict with the law: an overview of trends and developments 2010/2011' London: National Association for Youth Justice
NAYJ is a registered charity - no: 1138177
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/302181
en
http://thenayj.org.uk/wp-content/files_mf/children_in_conflict_with_the_law__final_22.03.12.pdf
National Association for Youth Justice
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Resettlement of young people leaving custody: lessons from the literature
Bateman, Tim
Hazel, Neal
Wright, Sam
University of Salford
University of Bedfordshire
Nacro
ARCS (UK) Ltd
youth justice
youth custody
custody
This literature review presents the findings of an analysis of research literature about resettlement services for young people when they leave custody. The review has been produced as part of the Beyond Youth Custody programme funded under the Big Lottery Fund’s Youth in Focus programme.
2013-09-24
2013-09-24
2013-04-15
Article
Bateman, T., Hazel, N., Wright, S. (2013) 'Resettlement of young people leaving custody: lessons from the literature' Beyond Youth Custody.
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/302182
en
http://www.beyondyouthcustody.net/resources/publications/lessons-from-the-literature/
Beyond Youth Custody
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Keeping up (tough) appearances: the age of criminal responsibility
Bateman, Tim
youth justice
criminal responsibility
Whatever else may have changed with the election of the coalition government, the new administration shares with its Labour predecessor a resolute opposition to any suggestion that the age of criminal responsibility should be raised from its current ten years of age. Indeed, the similarity of responses, on this issue, either side of the election is striking.
2013-09-24
2013-09-24
2013-03-22
Article
Bateman, T. (2013) 'Keeping up (tough) appearances: the age of criminal responsibility' Criminal Justice Matters, 92(1), 28-29.
0962-7251
1934-6220
10.1080/09627251.2013.805372
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/302157
Criminal Justice Matters
en
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09627251.2013.805372#.UkFlHX91gpx
Taylor and Francis
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/3021582017-08-02T09:14:27Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
Editorial
Bateman, Tim
Fox, Chris
2013-09-24
2013-09-24
2012
Article
Bateman, T. and Fox, C. (2012) ‘Editorial’ Safer Communities 11 (3) pp. -
1757-8043
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/302158
Safer Communities
en
https://emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?issn=1757-8043&volume=11&issue=3&articleid=17042476&show=html&PHPSESSID=sl5u5r3g4jmm4i7afphm4uk636&&nolog=821831
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/3021852020-04-23T07:33:27Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
Youth justice news
Bateman, Tim
youth justice
The imposition of curfews in cases involving children below the age of 18 years has become increasingly popular in the recent period. As indicated in Table 1, the number of curfew orders rose from 1293 in 2002/3 to 8367 in 2008/9, the last full year that such a disposal was available as a stand-alone order. Over the same period, curfews as a proportion of all sentences imposed also increased from 1.4 to 7.6 per cent. For offences committed after 30 November 2009, all existing community sentences for children were replaced by the youth rehabilitation order to which a range of requirements − including a curfew − could be attached. Figures for subsequent years are not accordingly available in a comparable format. However, in 2011/12, the total amount paid to contractors providing electronic monitoring services to the Ministry of Justice (in respect of both adults and children) stood at £116.9 million. Of those children sentenced to a curfew order during 2009/10, 67.6 per cent were reconvicted within a year, a recidivism rate higher than that for any other non-custodial youth disposal.
2013-09-24
2013-09-24
2012-11-13
Article
Bateman, T .(2012) 'Youth Justice News' Youth Justice 12(1) 64-75
1747-6283
10.1177/1473225412465686
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/302185
Youth Justice News
en
http://yjj.sagepub.com/content/12/1/64.citation
Sage Publications
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Youth justice: on raising the age of criminal responsibility
Bateman, Tim
youth justice
2013-09-24
2013-09-24
2011-03-08
Article
Bateman, T. (2011) 'Youth Justice: on raising the age of criminal responsibility' Liberal Democrat Voice, 8 March 2011.
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/302187
Liberal Democrat Voice
en
http://www.libdemvoice.org/youth-justice-on-raising-the-age-of-criminal-responsibility-23325.html
LibDemVoice.org
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/3021602017-08-02T09:15:37Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
Editorial
Bateman, Tim
Fox, Chris
2013-09-24
2013-09-24
2011
Article
Bateman, T., Fox, C. (2011) 'Editorial', Safer Communities, 10 (3) pp. -
1757-8043
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/302160
Safer Communities
en
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?issn=1757-8043&volume=10&issue=3&articleid=1947726&show=html
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/3021892017-08-02T09:15:25Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
Editorial
Bateman, Tim
Fox, Chris
2013-09-24
2013-09-24
2011
Article
Bateman, T. and Fox, C. (2011) Editorial Safer Communities, Vol. 10 Iss: 4, pp.
1757-8043
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/302189
Safer Communities
en
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?issn=1757-8043&volume=10&issue=4&articleid=1957319&show=html
Emerald Group Publishing Ltd
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Editorial
Bateman, Tim
Smithson, Hannah
Safer Communities would like to welcome Hannah Smithson as new co-editor of the journal. Hannah would like to thank Emerald Group Publishing and co-editor, Tim Bateman for inviting her to join the Safer Communities Team. She is very much looking forward to contributing to the journal, in what looks to be a changing and uncertain period within the field of criminal justice and community safety. All of the papers in this issue touch upon the impact of cuts in public spending and the potential affects to the criminal justice system for both those working within it and those individuals it deals with. Safer Communities expects and welcomes more papers focusing on the effects of public spending cuts
2013-09-24
2013-09-24
2013
Article
Bateman T. and Smithson, H. (2013) 'Editorial', Safer Communities, 12(3)
1757-8043
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/302184
Safer Communities
en
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?issn=1757-8043&volume=12&issue=3&articleid=17092442&show=html
Emerald
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/3021562020-04-23T07:33:27Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
Youth justice news
Bateman, Tim
youth justice
round up of news in youth justice compiled by Tim Bateman
2013-09-24
2013-09-24
2013-02
Article
Bateman, T .(2013) ‘Youth Justice News’ Youth Justice 13 (1) 85-96
1747-6283
10.1177/1473225413481052
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/302156
Youth Justice
en
http://yjj.sagepub.com/ Youth Justice http://yjj.sagepub.com/content/13/1/85.citation
SAGE
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Youth justice news
Bateman, Tim
youth justice
2013-09-24
2013-09-24
2012-07
Article
Bateman, T. (2012) 'Youth Justice News' Youth Justice 12(2)144-155
1747-6283
10.1177/1473225412449110
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/302186
Youth Justice News
en
http://yjj.sagepub.com/content/12/2/144.citation
Sage Publications
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/3021592020-04-23T07:33:36Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
Payment by results and the youth justice system: an NAYJ position paper
Bateman, Tim
National Association for Youth Justice
youth justice
The coalition government has given notice of a ‘rehabilitation revolution’. At the heart of the proposals is a commitment to the widescale introduction of ‘payment by results’ (PBR) that will inform ‘all work on offending’, including that with children below the age of 18 years. The government argues that such an approach will deliver a range of benefits, but the rationale is largely rhetorical with few arguments of substance adduced in support. The NAYJ is concerned that the rapid introduction of a new, largely ideologically driven, model of service delivery for children in trouble that emphasises market mechanisms will: encourage a risk averse practice at the expense of interventions intended to enhance the wellbeing of children focus on short term reoffending at the expense of other longer term, developmental, outcomes require that issues of proportionality and children’s rights are sidelined as material rewards come to take priority over matters of principle, and generate a range of unintended consequences without delivering the promised reductions in offending behaviour.
2013-09-24
2013-09-24
2011-07
Article
Bateman, T. (2011) 'Payment by results and the youth justice system: an NAYJ position paper' London : National Association for Youth Justice
NAYJ is a registered charity - no: 1138177
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/302159
en
http://thenayj.org.uk/wp-content/files_mf/1332866787_magicfields_document_the_document_8_1.pdf
National Association for Youth Justice
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/3021882017-08-02T09:17:50Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
Editorial
Bateman, Tim
Pitts, John
University of Bedfordshire
Vauxhall Centre for the Study of Crime, University of Bedfordshire
2013-09-24
2013-09-24
2011
Article
Pitts, J. and Bateman, T. (2011) "Editorial", Safer Communities, 10 (2) pp.2 - 4
1757-8043
10.5042/sc.2011.0178
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/302188
Safer Communities
en
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?articleid=1935989&show=abstract
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/3021902020-04-23T07:33:50Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
Effective practice with young people who offend
Bateman, Tim
Nacro
youth justice
Recent debate about how to intervene with young people who offend has increasingly focused on what constitutes effective practice. Such practice has been defined by HM Inspectorate of Probation as that which produces the intended results 1 and most contributors to the debate have assumed that the desired outcome to which effective practice should aspire is the reduction of offending. Section 37 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 places a duty on all those working within the youth justice system to have regard to a principal aim of preventing offending by children and young people and, by implication, to ensure that interventions within that system are informed by an evidence base as to what is effective in these terms.
2013-09-24
2013-09-24
1999
Article
Bateman, T. (1999) 'Effective practice with young people who offend' London : Nacro.
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/302190
en
http://www.nacro.org.uk/data/files/nacro-2004120222-127.pdf
Nacro
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/5944832020-04-23T07:33:25Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
Adolescents' experiences of the right to play and leisure in Northern Ireland
Beckett, Helen
Northern Ireland
play
leisure
adolescents
Under Article 31 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, every child under the age of 18 has the right to engage in age-appropriate play and leisure activities. Drawing on the qualitative findings of a wider review of children's rights in Northern Ireland, this article examines the degree to which adolescents in Northern Ireland are currently able to enjoy this right. The data presented in the article are primarily based on the views of young people, as expressed in focus group discussions with their peers, although this is at times contextualised by the contributions of adult participants and the findings of an in-depth policy and literature review. The article argues that young people's right to play and leisure is not currently adequately recognised within Northern Ireland, noting the impact of the increasing demonisation and marginalisation of youth upon both this and their accompanying right to protection. The article concludes with a consideration of the potential implications of the current failure to afford young people adequate and appropriate play and leisure opportunities, calling on the State party to urgently deliver on the commitments it made in ratifying the Convention.
2016-01-21
2016-01-21
2010-07
Article
Beckett, H. (2010) 'Adolescents' Experiences of the Right to Play and Leisure in Northern Ireland'. Child Care in Practice 16 (3):227
1357-5279
1476-489X
10.1080/13575271003756199
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/594483
Child Care in Practice
en
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13575271003756199
Archived with thanks to Child Care in Practice
Taylor & Francis
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Evaluation of an intensive family preservation service for families affected by parental substance misuse
Forrester, Donald
Copello, Alex
Waissbein, Clara
Pokhrel, Subhash
University of Bedfordshire
University of Birmingham
Brunel University
parental drug misuse
parental alcohol misuse
family preservation
motivational interviewing
public care
Parental misuse of drugs or alcohol is recognised to be an issue for a high proportion of families to known social services, and for many children who enter care. However, there is limited research on what is effective in working with such families. This article reports on an evaluation of an Intensive Family Preservation Service (named ‘Option 2’) aimed at families in which parents misuse substances and children are considered at risk of entering care. The study used mixed methods. A quasi-experimental element compared solely data relating to care entry (e.g. how long children spent in care and its cost) for Option 2 children (n = 279) and a comparison group of referrals not provided with the service (n = 89) on average 3.5 years after referral. It found that about 40 per cent of children in both groups entered care, however Option 2 children took longer to enter, spent less time in care and were more likely to be at home at follow-up. As a result, Option 2 produced significant cost savings. A small-scale qualitative element of the study involved interviews with 11 parents and seven children in eight families. The findings suggested that Option 2 was a highly professional and appreciated service. For some families it achieved permanent change. For others, particularly those with complex and long-standing problems, significant positive changes were not sustained. The implications for services designed to prevent public care, particularly where there are substance misuse issues, are discussed and recommendations for policy and evaluation made.
2016-01-21
2016-01-21
2008-11
Article
Forrester, D. et al (2008) 'Evaluation of an intensive family preservation service for families affected by parental substance misuse' Child Abuse Review 17 (6):410
0952-9136
10990852
10.1002/car.1048
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/594488
Child Abuse Review
en
http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/car.1048
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/car.1048/abstract
Archived with thanks to Child Abuse Review
Wiley
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Fostering unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people : creating a family life across a “world of difference"
Wade, Jim
Sirriyeh, Ala
Kohli, Ravi K.S.
Simmonds, John
Unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people form a small but significant part of the UK looked after children population. Their circumstances and needs are complex and as a group they require careful and sensitive assessment, planning and placement. Foster carers are at the heart of this task, providing family care against a background of uncertainty, anxiety and potential risk. How do the young people and foster carers build relationships? How do local authorities address the challenge of caring for unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people? And do their actions result in successful integration into UK society of these young people, or continuing problems? This research study details and examines the results of a census survey of four local authorities, collectively looking after over 2000 unaccompanied young people. Postal surveys and interviews were undertaken with a number of foster carers and young people to identify their experiences in placements, and a policy and practice study included focus groups to gather the views of social workers, young people and key stakeholders. The results of this extensive study reveal ongoing changes in the way in which unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people are looked after and the main features of the fostering task, insights into how young people and foster carers felt about their placements, and key implications for policy and practice.
2016-01-21
2016-01-21
2012
Book
Wade, J., Sirriyeh, A., Kohli, R., Simmonds, J. (2012) 'Fostering unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people : creating a family life across a “world of difference"'. British Association for Adoption & Fostering.
9781907585555
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/594489
en
http://corambaaf.org.uk/bookshop/fostering-unaccompanied-asylum-seeking-young-people-research-study
British Association for Adoption & Fostering
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/5954422020-04-23T07:33:30Zcom_10547_132194col_10547_132222
Hard times: young people’s and young parents’ experiences of living through poverty in Luton
Melrose, Margaret
Waqar, Muhammad
Randhawa, Gurch
L310 Applied Sociology
Luton
poverty
This research report is primarily concerned with the experiences of young people (16-24 years) and young parents bringing up children within the context of poverty in Luton. It is divided into three sections. Part One provides a general overview of poverty research in the UK. Part Two presents the findings from the study of young people and young parents’ experiences of poverty in Luton. Part Three discusses the implications of the findings presented and recommendations that arise from them. The overview of research presented in part one of this report is organised under the following headings: measures of poverty commonly adopted in UK poverty research; the extent of poverty in the UK including a short discussion of gender and ethnicity; attitudes to poverty amongst the general public; the impacts of poverty on children and families; poverty amongst young people; parenting in poverty; patterns of poverty. Part two of the report provides a brief description of the methodology adopted for this study and the sample amongst whom the research was conducted. Key findings are then summarised. Following this a thematic analysis of interview data is presented. This covers the following themes: how participants defined poverty; how participants explained poverty; the images of ‘poor people’ participants employed; whether participants considered they or their families were poor; participants’ descriptions of living through poverty; what participants thought the Local Authority should do to tackle poverty. Part three presents a discussion of the implications of the findings from this study and the recommendations that arise from them.
2016-02-02
2016-02-02
2011-03
Technical Report
Melrose, M., Waqar, M., Randhawa, G. (2011) 'Hard times: young people’s and young parents’ experiences of living through poverty in Luton'. University of Bedfordshire.
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/595442
en
University of Bedfordshire