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Youth justice in the UK: children, young people and crime
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Text

Session 2

Activity 3: Lyon, J. (2010) ‘Putting children in custody punishes disadvantage’, The Guardian, 16 September.

Activity 5: Welsh Government (2018) ‘Commission on Justice in Wales: Written Evidence submitted by the Welsh Government’. Available at: https://gov.wales/ sites/ default/ files/ publications/ 2018- 06/ Submission-from-welsh-government-en.pdf Copyright 2018 OGL http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/ open-government-licence/ version/ 3/

Session 3

Activity 1: Introduction to Scotland’s Children’s Hearings © The Open University

Session 5

2. It’s different for girls: Extract: Beyond Youth Custody (BYC) (2014) ‘Resettlement of Girls and Young Women: A Practitioner’s Guide’. Available at: http://www.beyondyouthcustody.net/ wp-content/ uploads/ Resettlement-girls-and-young-women-guide.pdf

Session 8

Activity 4: Erwin James and Ian MacDougall (2010) The Norway town that forgave and forgot its child killers, The Guardian 20 March 2010.

Images

Course image: © Celiafoto/Shutterstock.com

Session 1

Figure 2: https://pixabay.com/ photos/ justice-statue-lady-justice-2060093/

Figure 3: Bromley Briefings Prison Factfile Autumn 2018 (page 39) Prison Reform Trust

Figure 4: Photo by Angela Cavina https://www.pexels.com/ photo/ close-up-photography-of-adult-black-and-white-american-pit-bull-terrier-prone-lying-on-floor-1840427/

Session 2

Figure 1: photofusion pictures https://www.photofusion.org/

Figure 3: PAImages https://www.paimages.co.uk/

Figure 4: Wales.com

Figure 5: Figure ES.1: Trends in First Time Entrants, years ending March 2006 to March page 7 Youth Justice Statistics 2015/16 England and Wales Statistics bulletin Published 26 January 2017 © Crown Copyright https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/ open-government-licence/ version/ 3/

Figure 6: from https://yalibnan.com/ wp-content/ uploads/ 2016/ 07/ UK-devolution-e1468681421349.jpg

Session 3

Figure 1: Steve Allen Travel Photography/Alamy Stock Photo

Figure 2: Highwaystarz-Photography/Getty Images

Figure 3: FatCamera/Getty Images

Figure 4: Lovattpics/Getty Images

Session 4

Figure 1: Bravissimo$/Shutterstock.com

Figure 2: Restorative Justice Logo: https://restorativejustice.org.uk/

Figure 3: Pacemaker Press http://www.pacemakerpressintl.com/

Figure 4: photograph: HM Prison and Young Offender Centre Hydebank Wood

Figure 5: Logo:Raise the Age NI

Session 5

Figure 1: Igor Vershinsky/Getty Images

Figure 2: Murika/Getty Images Plus

Figure 3: MachineHeadz/Getty Images Plus

Figure 4: John Sommer/Getty Images

Session 6

Figure 1: left: Stephen Lawrence: James Boardman Archive/Alamy Stock Photo; right: Zahid Muberak Shutterstock.com

Figure 2: AAraujo/Shutterstock.com

Figure 4: Official portrait of Rt Hon David Lammy MP https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by/ 3.0/

Figure 5: Marco_Piunti/Getty Images

Session 7

Figure 1: quote by Winston Churchill

Figure 2: Courtesy Public Health Wales from https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=XHgLYI9KZ-A

Figure 4: National Crime Agency https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/

Session 8

Figure 1: Motortion/Istockphoto/Getty Images plus collection

Figure 3: Courtesy National Youth Agency https://nya.org.uk

Audio-visual

Session 1

Video 1: Labels: courtesy Media Academy Cardiff http://www.mediaacademycardiff.org/

Audio 1: clip from Law in Action Exploring the Age of Criminal Responsibility https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b00l0z36 © BBC (2009)

Audio 2: clip from Law in Action Exploring the Age of Criminal Responsibility https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b00l0z36 © BBC

Session 3

Video 1: courtesy: Children’s Parliament www.childrensparliament.org.uk

Session 4

Audio 1: clip: Thinking Allowed BBC R4Restorative Justice in N.I - RG Collingwood 16/9/2009 © BBC 2009

Video 1: courtesy Youth Justice Agency| Department of Justice NI https://www.justice-ni.gov.uk/

Session 6

Video 1: Justice Select Committee hearing 26 March 2019 © Parliament TV. Used under licence

Video 2: On the Road Youth Work - Craig Pinkney (Youth & Policy) © outh and policy https://www.youthandpolicy.org/

Session 7

Video 1: courtesy: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Public Health Wales Public Health Network Cymru

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