Living it: Kim’s story
Our blog series on the ‘Living it! Children, young people and justice’ event continues with a post by Kim, who spoke at the event. A brave young woman who is determined to turn her life around following a troubled childhood, Kim tells us how it was for her, and why she is hopeful of a […]
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Turning the tide of change
The ‘Living it! Children, young people and justice’ Scottish Parliament event called for real change to happen in the youth justice sector. Charlotte Morris looks back on an evening with a difference… In the youth and criminal justice sector, talk of change is constant. Where does it need to happen? How do we make it happen? […]
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The road to getting it right
Debbie Nolan reports back on CYCJ’s first roadshows, and why they’re about getting back what you put in… A significant part of my decision to take a break from social work practice to take on the post of Practice Development Associate at CYCJ was that I would be able to use my practice experience and […]
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A time for change
In our second blog post reviewing the ‘Youth Justice in Scotland’ paper, Maggie Mellon, independent social work consultant and vice-chair of the British Association of Social Workers, makes the case for using this as an opportunity to bring about real change. CYCJ’s attempts to raise the need for reform in the treatment of children and […]
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Retaining young offenders in the Children’s Hearing System
Debbie Nolan reports back from the SASO lecture, which asked why the Children’s Hearing System is not supporting more young people post-16. The Scottish Association for the Study of Offending (SASO) Glasgow Branch lecture on December 4, 2014 explored the pertinent issue of retaining young offenders in the Children’s Hearings System post-16. Having delivered training which included this issue just the […]
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Barnardo’s Scotland on ‘Youth Justice in Scotland: Fixed in the past or fit for the future?
We asked for your responses to our ‘Youth Justice in Scotland: Fixed in the past or fit for the future’ paper – and you didn’t disappoint! Over the next few months, we’ll be publishing these as blog posts. Please get involved in the conversation by adding your thoughts and comments. Our first post is from Barnado’s, […]
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Problem Solving Justice: are hugs the answer?
Stewart Simpson reports back from a Problem Solving Justice event, and asks if the American approach could work in Scotland. The recent Problem Solving Justice event held at University of Strathclyde brought together those from different perspectives including local authority social work, academia, decision makers (Crown Office and SCRA) and many more to talk about alternatives […]
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Putting children first
Our guest bloggers Sean Creaney and Dr Stephen Case argue the importance of participatory rights for children involved in the youth justice system. It is disconcerting that children – and their supervising officers (staff in multi-agency Youth Offending Teams/YOTs) – are finding that being involved in the criminal justice system is a disempowering and disengaging […]
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Lessons from Europe: from Spain’s ‘model prison’ to Will Cornick
David Orr discusses the sentencing of Will Cornick for the murder of Ann Maguire against the context of Spain’s progressive approach to youth justice. Controversial – or common sense? Read on to decide: Over the course of the last fortnight I have been affected strongly by two very different stories relating to juvenile justice in Europe. One […]
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