Knowledge and Skills Partnerships in Youth Justice

Jayne Price is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Chester and the programme leader for Criminology Undergraduate. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (Advance HE). Jayne is a trustee of YMCA Together and sits on the Executive Committee of the British Society of Criminology. For over ten years, Jayne has volunteered within her local Youth Justice Service working with children and young people, practitioners and other volunteers. Sean Creaney is a Criminologist and Senior Lecturer in the School of Law, Criminology and Policing at Edge Hill University. He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (Advance HE). Dr Creaney is an Associate of the ‘Children and Young People’s Centre for Justice’ (CYCJ), and a member of the ‘Transdisciplinary Research for Youth Justice’ (TRYJustice) network.

Introduction

Chapter 1: The enablers and barriers to the development of knowledge and skills partnerships in Youth Justice

Jayne Price and Sean Creaney

Chapter 2: Criminology placements and work experience opportunities in youth justice

Sean Creaney and Jayne Price

Chapter 3: How the inspectorate works with external academics/researchers

Robin Moore, Andrea Brazier and Helen Mercer

Chapter 4: Youth Justice Still Live! The centrality of relationships to the maintenance of a youth justice community of practice in challenging times and beyond

Sue Bond-Taylor

Chapter 5: The Dyfed Powys ‘Hwb Doeth’ partnership

Dr Kathy Hampson

Chapter 6: Supporting practice in Scotland: lessons from the Children and Young People’s Centre for Justice

Ross Gibson, Nina Vaswani and Fiona Dyer

Chapter 7: Advancing Best Practice in Juvenile Justice in Belarus

Vicky Palmer

Conclusion

Sean Creaney and Jayne Price