Exploring the education background for children and young people sentenced to custody in England and Wales

Paterson-Young, C., Hazenberg, R. and Bajwa-Patel, M. (2017) Exploring the education background for children and young people sentenced to custody in England and Wales. Panel Presentation presented to: European Educational Research Association (ECER) 2017: Reforming Education and the Imperative of Constant Change: Ambivalent Roles of Policy and Educational Research, Copenhagen, Denmark, 21-25 August 2017.

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Abstract:	Crime and offending by children and young people has received attention in political, academic and media rhetoric for decades. Concerns over the offending behaviour of children and young people in adolescence, resulted in the Government developing strategies (for example, Transforming Youth Custody – Putting education at the heart of detention) to reduce the offending and re-offending of children and young people. The Transforming Youth Custody report found 50 per cent of children and young people aged 15-17 years-old were entering custody with literacy levels the equivalent of children aged 7-11 years-old. From the children and young people entering custody, 18 per cent had statements of special educational needs and 36 per cent of young men ceased attending school at 14 years-old. Figures from the Transforming Youth Custody report, support research conducted by Bryan (2004) that children and young people aged between 18 and 21 years-old in YOI has a high proportion of language difficulties. Such concerns highlight the importance of exploring the educational background of children and young people entering custody and the importance of addressing educational issues before children and young people enter custody. By completed a retrospective case file analysis on a representative cohort of children and young people in custody, the researcher will explore the educational background of children and young people entering custody in the United Kingdom. Findings from this analysis are complemented by a questionnaire implemented to discover children and young people’s views of. By exploring the educational background of children and young people in the United Kingdom, this research will highlight the role of education in promoting desistance.
Subjects:	L Education > LC Special aspects of Education > LC3950 Exceptional children and youth. Special education > LC4001 Children and youth with disabilities. Learning disabled children and youth > LC4091 Children with social disabilities H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology > HV9051 The juvenile offender. Juvenile delinquency
Creators:	Paterson-Young, Claire, Hazenberg, Richard and Bajwa-Patel, Meanu
Faculties, Divisions and Institutes:	University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Faculty of Business & Law > Business University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Research Centre > Institute for Social Innovation and Impact Research Institutes > Institute for Social Innovation and Impact Faculties > Faculty of Business & Law > International Strategy & Business
Date:	August 2017
Date Type:	Publication
Event Title:	European Educational Research Association (ECER) 2017: Reforming Education and the Imperative of Constant Change: Ambivalent Roles of Policy and Educational Research
Event Dates:	21-25 August 2017
Event Location:	Copenhagen, Denmark
Event Type:	Conference
Language:	English
Status:	Published / Disseminated
Related URLs:	Conference
URI:	http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/id/eprint/10007

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