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We provide support in key areas in order to professionalise the resettlement of young custody leavers throughout the UK. We offer a resettlement consultancy service to support local authorities who are keen to improve practice and deliver improved long term outcomes to their young people. We aim to bridge the gap between policy and practice, supporting the ongoing development of good practice between support workers and young custody leavers through the development of specialist learning & development products.

Care - a stepping stone to custody? Prison Reform Trust - Category: Research Publications Lord Laming: '...The findings of this well researched and clearly presented document should cause us all to be shocked, and to resolve to do very much better to improve the life chances for those children and young people who for part of their childhood have looked to the state to be their substitute parent...' PDF, 2071.97Kb download...

Rules of Engagement The Centre for Social justice - Category: Research Publications This report from the CSJ documents the findings of a review of the youth justice system that began almost 2-years ago. The report identifies what it describes as 'four key shortcomings' to be addressed if outcomes within the system are to be improved. The section on Resettlement can be found at section 4.5 on p.10. For the full report, go to www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk PDF, 138.8Kb download...

Improving Services for Young People Catch22 - Category: Research Publications Following the launch of the Ready or Not campaign in 2010, Catch22 commissioned The New Economic Foundation to produce a costing study using the Social Return on Investment cost-benefit tool. PDF, 604Kb download...

Rethinking Crime & Punishment Esmee Fairbairn - Category: Research Publications Rethinking Crime & Punishment is a four year £3 million initiative of the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation. It funded 57 projects and this is the report. PDF, 69.03Kb download...

Cutting Crime: The Case for Justice Reinvestment House of Commons Justice Committee (2009-10) - Category: Research Publications The committee's evidence suggests that prison is a relatively ineffective way of reducing crime for other than serious offenders. The report examines what might be done to transform the criminal justice landscape and create a sustainable response to crime for the future. PDF, 1931.66Kb download...

Children on the Edge of Care Jenny Morris (JRF) - Category: Research Publications This report examines how local authorities respond to the needs of 3 groups of vulnerable children. The parallels between these young people and those leaving custody are stark. The report concludes that a shortage of resources, and inadequate knowledge about the views and experience of the children result in a failure to recognise and promote their human rights. PDF, 210.91Kb download...

Arrested Development Policy Exchange - Category: Research Publications Max Chambers argues that with central government bearing the cost of imprisoning young people, the youth justice system exists within a cycle of failure. If local authorities have nothing to lose financially when a young person is sent to prison, there is no incentive for them to develop effective alternatives in the community. PDF, 1391.99Kb download...

Lower Crime, Lower Costs Policy Exchange - Category: Research Publications The report suggests that with crime costing the UK around £78 billion a year, implementing effective crime reduction programmes is an essential requirement. The document identifies a number of programmes that have proved to have significant impact on future offending as well as being cost effective. PDF, 497.99Kb download...

Tell them not to forget about us National Children's Bureau - Category: Research Publications A guide to practice with Looked After Children in prison PDF, 442.9Kb download...

Punishing Costs: How locking up children is making Britain less safe nef - Category: Research Publications nef argues that at a time when we are facing the heaviest cuts in public finances in modern history, the reliance on high levels of imprisonment of children & young people needs to be called into question. PDF, 1466.21Kb download...

Leaving Care - Leaving Custody Jeremy Whittle - Category: Research Publications Originally a response to the Green Paper Care Matters, this publication suggests there are significant parallels between the needs of young people leaving care and of those leaving custody. It argues there are clear lessons to be learnt. PDF, 646.56Kb download...