Publications: All publications
‘Now all I care about is my Future’ – supporting the shift: a summary
20 November 2017
This summary report proposes a theory of change for the effective resettlement of young people leaving custody.
Read more‘Now all I care about is my future’ – supporting the shift: research report
20 November 2017
This report proposes a theory of change for the effective resettlement of young people leaving custody.
Read moreLessons from Youth in Focus – research report
10 April 2017
This report highlights key lessons from the Youth in Focus (YIF) programme and is the full research report that accompanies the Lessons from Youth in Focus summary report
Read moreLessons from Youth in Focus
30 March 2017
This report highlights key lessons from the Youth in Focus (YIF) programme, using the characteristics identified from five years of BYC’s research as a framework for understanding and describing these lessons
Read moreTrauma and young offenders: a review of the research and practice literature
28 November 2016
A review of the research and practice literature concerning trauma in the backgrounds of young people who offend
Read moreDeveloping trauma-informed resettlement for young custody leavers: a practitioner’s guide
28 November 2016
This practitioner briefing outlines the key features of trauma-informed approaches to working with custody leavers.
Read moreYoung offenders and trauma: experience and impact: a practitioner’s guide
28 November 2016
This practitioner briefing aims to highlight what is currently known about the links between trauma and young people’s behaviour and development.
Read moreTrauma and young offenders: a review of research and practice literature: a summary
24 November 2016
A summary of the full review of research and practice literature concerning trauma in the backgrounds of young people who offend
Read moreCustody to community: supporting young people to cope with release: a practitioner’s guide
22 August 2016
This practitioner’s guide is about the way that young people experience the transition from custody back into the community
Read moreThe role of family support in resettlement: a policy briefing
19 July 2016
This policy briefing summarises discussions and recommendations from Beyond Youth Custody’s policy roundtable event on the role of family support in resettlement
Read moreThe role of family support in resettlement: a practitioner’s guide
19 July 2016
This practitioner’s briefing explores the family’s unique position to fulfil key characteristics that research has shown are associated with effective resettlement support
Read moreLessons from the literature: update March 2016
22 March 2016
This review is the most recent in a series of regular updates intended to outline the latest lessons from research, policy and practice in the resettlement of young people. It provides an overview of relevant publications and developments since Beyond Youth Custody’s last update in October 2015
Read moreResettlement work with young people: using individual case studies to assess costs and benefits
15 March 2016
This briefing focuses on how individual case studies can be used to help us understand and demonstrate the costs and benefits of resettlement work with young custody-leavers
Read moreProving ‘effectiveness’ in resettlement
15 March 2016
This briefing explores the different ways ‘effectiveness’ is measured among stakeholders involved in the resettlement of young people and how these ‘indicators’ or ‘outcomes’ shape the priorities for resettlement services
Read moreLessons from the literature: update October 2015
4 December 2015
This review is the most recent in a series of regular updates intended to outline the latest lessons from research, policy and practice in the resettlement of young people. It provides an overview of relevant publications and developments since Beyond Youth Custody’s last update in July 2015
Read moreEthnicity, faith and culture in resettlement: a practitioner’s guide
19 November 2015
This practitioner’s briefing examines how the development of more culturally-responsive resettlement practice can improve resettlement outcomes for young people leaving custody
Read moreRecognising diversity in resettlement: a practitioner’s guide
19 November 2015
This practitioner briefing examines how responding to diversity can maximise effective practice
Read moreLessons from the literature: update July 2015
21 August 2015
This review is the most recent in a series of regular updates intended to outline the latest lessons from research, policy and practice in the resettlement of young people. It provides an overview of relevant publications and developments since Beyond Youth Custody’s last update in March 2015
Read moreEffective resettlement of young people: lessons from Beyond Youth Custody
2 July 2015
This report brings together learning from BYC’s first three years of research into effective resettlement of young people leaving custody and sets out what effective resettlement should look like.
Read moreLessons from the literature: update March 2015
20 April 2015
This review is the most recent in a series of regular updates intended to outline the latest lessons from research, policy and practice in the resettlement of young people. It provides an overview of relevant publications and developments since Beyond Youth Custody’s last update in November 2014.
Read moreGang-involved young people: custody and beyond: practitioner’s guide
7 April 2015
This practitioner’s guide examines how knowledge about the specific needs of gang-involved young people and the factors relating to desistance from gang-related crime can inform effective practice with current and former gang-involved young people during their time in custody and beyond.
Read moreGang-involved young people: custody and beyond: research report
7 April 2015
This report draws inferences from both the literature and key ‘informants’ working in the field to explore desistance from gang crime, the rehabilitation of gang-involved young people and, in particular, how their period of incarceration and return from custody might best be managed
Read moreCustody to community: how young people cope with release: research report
17 February 2015
This report identifies a gap in knowledge about the way young people experience the transition from custody back into the community.
Read moreDeveloping a gender-sensitive approach to resettlement: policy briefing
9 February 2015
This policy briefing summarises discussions and recommendations from Beyond Youth Custody’s roundtable on the resettlement of girls and young women
Read moreYouth justice timeline
5 December 2014
A timeline showing key events in the youth justice system
Read moreLessons from the literature: update November 2014
2 December 2014
This review outlines the latest lessons from research, policy and practice in the resettlement of young offenders. It provides an overview of relevant literature and developments in the field of youth justice since Beyond Youth Custody’s last update in August 2014.
Read moreLessons from the literature: update August 2014
29 August 2014
This paper is the latest in a series of regular updates intended to outline the latest available lessons from research about resettlement of young offenders.
Read moreResettlement of girls and young women: a practitioner’s guide
19 August 2014
This practitioner briefing examines how our knowledge about young women’s offending can begin to inform more effective, gender-sensitive resettlement practice with girls and young women leaving custody.
Read moreResettlement of girls and young women: research report
4 August 2014
This report addresses a worrying gap in the knowledge about the effective resettlement of girls and young women.
Read moreResettlement of girls and young women: research summary
4 August 2014
A summary of the full report that addresses a worrying gap in the knowledge about the effective resettlement of girls and young women.
Read moreParticipatory approaches for young people in resettlement: a practitioner’s guide
24 April 2014
This briefing reports on research undertaken by Beyond Youth Custody on developing participatory approaches in resettlement services and considers the implications for work with young people leaving custody.
Read moreLessons from the literature: update March 2014
14 April 2014
This paper is the third in a series of regular updates intended to outline the latest available lessons from research about resettlement of young offenders.
Read moreLessons from the literature: update October 2013
28 November 2013
This paper is the second in a series of quarterly updates intended to outline the latest available lessons from research about resettlement of young offenders.
Read moreEngaging young people in resettlement: research summary
18 November 2013
Research summary of our briefing, which reports on research undertaken by Beyond Youth Custody that aims to contribute to an understanding of effective engagement in a resettlement context.
Read moreEngaging young people in resettlement: research report
18 November 2013
A report on research undertaken by Beyond Youth Custody that aims to contribute to an understanding of effective engagement in a resettlement context.
Read moreLessons from the literature: update July 2013
23 August 2013
This paper is the first in a series of quarterly updates intended to outline the latest available lessons from research about resettlement of young offenders.
Read moreResettlement of young people leaving custody: lessons from the literature
15 April 2013
This literature review aims to set out the research and practice evidence about effective resettlement services for children and young adults and can be used to inform future policy and practice to ensure service delivery is evidence based.
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