A difficult balance: challenges and possibilities for local protocols to reduce unnecessary criminalisation of children in care and care leavers

Hunter, Katie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7811-5666, Fitzpatrick, Claire, Staines, Jo and Shaw, Julie (2024) A difficult balance: challenges and possibilities for local protocols to reduce unnecessary criminalisation of children in care and care leavers. Youth Justice: an international journal, 24 (1). pp. 53-69. ISSN 1473-2254

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/14732254231154153

Abstract

In 2018, the National Protocol on Reducing Unnecessary Criminalisation of Looked-after Children and Care Leavers was published in England. The protocol represented national recognition of the issue and called for local authorities to implement their own agreements. However, the protocol was given no statutory status, which immediately raised questions about its potential impact. Drawing on analysis of 36 local protocols from across England and Wales, this article explores the challenges and possibilities of using local agreements to divert children in care and care leavers away from formal justice systems contact.

Item Type:	Article (Article)
Peer-reviewed:	Yes
Date Deposited:	14 Mar 2023 09:36
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Additional Information:	This is an open access article which appeared in Youth Justice: an international journal, published by SAGE Publications.
Divisions:	Faculties > Arts and Humanities
Subject terms:	1602 Criminology, 1801 Law
URI:	https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/631581
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1177/14732254231154153
ISSN	1473-2254
e-ISSN	1747-6283

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