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Why we should abolish imprisonment for children and young people
Society, Politics & Law

Why we should abolish imprisonment for children and young people

...data from INQUEST 80 people under 21 took their own lives in child prisons between 2007-2018 (with two deaths of young people awaiting classification) and in total 312 young people under the age of 21 have died in penal custody between 1990-2018. Young people are emotionally vulnerable and more likely to find the loss of personal relationships on the outside harder to...
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Strategies to reduce the prison population
Society, Politics & Law

Strategies to reduce the prison population

...Data from 2016 indicates that 64% of prisoners have taken drugs in the four weeks prior to custody. As my research has shown, residential therapeutic communities work in addressing substance misuse and one of the key goals should be promoting such treatment. In addition, the vast majority of women prisoners have been sentenced for petty and non-violent offences and could...
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Lessons from Covid-19: It’s time for a radical approach to homelessness and housing policies
Society, Politics & Law

Lessons from Covid-19: It’s time for a radical approach to homelessness and housing policies

...data. Experiences of hidden homelessness can include, for example, people living on friends’ couches (‘sofa surfers’), squatting, living in derelict buildings, as well as rough sleeping. The Everyone In initiative led to some 15,000 rough sleepers being accommodated in hotels (organised at local level). Rough sleepers didn’t need to divulge their personal and...
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The Great Resignation: temporary blip or more enduring labour market trend?
Money & Business

The Great Resignation: temporary blip or more enduring labour market trend?

...data suggesting that resignations in the UK were 40% higher during the July-September 2021 period compared to October-December 2019, immediately prior to the pandemic. Similarly, Microsoft’s Work Trend Index (2022) surveyed 31,000 workers across the globe and found a staggering 41% were seriously thinking about leaving their jobs. 53% were also much more likely to put...
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Why are the bullied reluctant to seek help?
Education & Development

Why are the bullied reluctant to seek help?

...data on how many bullied students actually do seek help – and from whom. Of the 631 students who reported that they had been bullied at one time or another at school, over half (53%) said they sought help from other students in the first instance. Slightly fewer (51%) went to their parents. But what is revealing is that only 38% said they would go to teachers or...
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How home educators access exams
Education & Development

How home educators access exams

...data is available on how many of these children sit national examinations each year. However, a study during the Covid pandemic shed light on challenges when the exams were cancelled, and some significant inequalities came to light...Find out more about The Open University’s Childhood and Youth Studies qualification. Home educators, at the time of writing this, are not...
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Abortion stigma and the workplace
Health, Sports & Psychology

Abortion stigma and the workplace

...data was that abortions were especially challenging to navigate alongside paid work. For example, only 55% of our respondents in this group had told anyone at work about their abortion, whereas 72.5% of those who experienced a miscarriage disclosed this to colleagues. Just 44.1% of those who did disclose their abortion said the person they told was supportive and helpful,...
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Five surprising facts about sex and the pandemic
Society, Politics & Law

Five surprising facts about sex and the pandemic

...data from the last decennial Natsal study www.open.edu/openlearn/britishsexstats References The Natsal-COVID study is the largest quasi-representative sexual behaviour surveys under COVID-19 in the UK, and one of the most comprehensive worldwide. Catherine H. Mercer et al (2021) Impacts of COVID-19 on sexual behaviour in Britain: findings from a large,
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